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Heidegger and the Aesthetics of Living
Author(s): Vrasidas Karalis (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
- Publication Date: 21 Aug. 2008
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 250 pages
- ISBN-10: 1847185061
- ISBN-13: 9781847185068
Book Description
The publication brings together contributions by many scholars, academics and researchers on the work of the German philosopher from a variety of perspectives and approaches. Prominent thinkers from various disciplines engage in a fascinating dialogue with the work of Martin Heidegger in an attempt to explain and critically evaluate his controversial legacy. The volume is an attempt to go beyond the polarised perceptions about the philosophy of Heidegger and present a neo-humanist reading of what can be still considered “livable” in it. Contributions also examine the consequences of Heidegger’s thinking for a wide range of modes of cultural production and aspects of philosophical enterprise. Finally the volume attempts the first post-political interpretation of his work by focusing on the texts themselves for the conceptual values they formulate and the modes of thinking they established. Contributors are: Gianni Vattimo, Jeff Malpas, Anthony Stephens , Peter Murphy, Elizabeth Grierson, Paolo Bartoloni, John Dalton, Colin Hearfield, Jane Mummery, Robert Sinnerbrink, Ashley Woodward, Peter Williams, George Vassilacopoulos and Vrasidas Karalis.
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About the Author
Vrasidas Karalis is Associate Professor of Modern Greek at The University of Sydney and co-editor of the Modern Greek Studies Journal (Australia and New Zealand) as well as current President of the Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics. He is the translator of Patrick White and his research interests include the philosophy of literature, art and cinema. He is currently working on a critical biography of the Greek-French philosopher Corelius Castoriadis.
