Letters to His Wife: 1915-1970 - Couverture rigide

Heidegger, Martin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745641350 ISBN 13 : 9780745641355

Editeur : Polity Press, 2008

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

′There is something absolute about the letters between you &me; The letter is a form of communion of the soul–spirit one that is faded & yet unimpeded,complete , wrote Martin Heidegger to his fiancée ElfridePetri shortly before their wedding. In the course of a marriagethat lasted almost sixty years Martin and Elfride were often apart,and the letter thus remained a vital means of communication rightthrough to the final years.

The letters he sent her are snapshots of the ups and downs, thecrises and everyday minutiae from Heidegger s life: theirengagement, the building of the Cabin at Todtnauberg, the part heplayed in the two world wars, the difficulties of his earlyprofessional career, their financial problems, his dealings withwomen, and his constant concern with expounding his ideas.

Apart from three letters now in the hands of the GermanLiterature Archive in Marbach, Elfride Heidegger kept all of thecountless letters and cards from her husband locked away in awooden chest. After reading them one final time, in 1977 she gavethe key to this chest to her granddaughter Gertrud Heidegger oncondition that she should not open it until after Elfride sdeath. After years spent deciphering, transcribing and ordering theletters with the help of her father and her uncle, GertrudHeidegger has here made a selection of them available to the publicand added a commentary that provides relevant backgroundmaterial.

This selection from the many letters written by Martin Heideggerto his wife provides an invaluable insight into their lifetogether, their friendships and relationships, and sheds freshlight on the ideas and beliefs of one of the twentiethcentury s greatest philosophers.

Revue de presse :

"The letters reveal Heidegger as a whole in an unprecedentedfashion, but also evoke the character and qualities of hiswife."
The Scientific and Medical Network

"Heidegger′s letters to his wife are a revelation. They offerprivileged access to the innermost reaches of Heidegger′s thought.Moreover, here, perhaps for the first time, Heidegger the fallibleindividual is fully on display. These fascinating letters revealHeidegger′s exalted sense of the world–historical mission ofphilosophy, as well as his own immodest estimation of his standing.This rich correspondence should be required reading for anyoneinterested in the vital intersection between biography and thehistory of ideas."
Richard Wolin, City University of New York

"Can a philosopher s life illuminate his thinking?Heidegger is not encouraging, writing of Aristotle: ′He was born,worked, and died.′ Yet in these letters to Elfride, his thinking,tribulations and passions bleed together, exploding any suchparsimony. They bear intimate witness to everyday life chezHeidegger, and offer a riveting glimpse of an often unequalstruggle with his wife over the meaning of marriage, love andtruth."
David Wood, Vanderbilt University

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0745641350
• ISBN 13: 9780745641355
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 248