| Memory of Thought Contributor(s): Düttmann, Alexander García (Author) |
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ISBN: 0826459005 ISBN-13: 9780826459008 Publisher: Continuum OUR PRICE: $217.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2002 Annotation: The Memory of Thought reconstructs the philosophy of Adorno and Heidegger in the light of the importance that these thinkers attach to two proper names: Auschwitz and Germanien. In Adorno's dialectical thinking, Auschwitz is the name of an incommensurable historical event that seems to put a provisional end to history as a negative totality. In Heidegger's thinking of Being, Germanien is a name inscribed in an historical mission on which the fate of Western civilization seems to depend: it thus becomes the name of a positive totality of history. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 193 |
| LCCN: 2001058296 |
| Series: Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.30 lbs) 350 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
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| Publisher Description: The Memory of Thought reconstructs the philosophy of Adorno and Heidegger in the light of the importance that these thinkers attach to two proper names: Auschwitz and Germanien. In Adorno's dialectical thinking, Auschwitz is the name of an incommensurable historical event that seems to put a provisional end to history as a negative totality. In Heidegger's thinking of Being, Germanien is a name inscribed in an historical mission on which the fate of Western civilization seems to depend: it thus becomes the name of a positive totality of history. |