Off the Beaten Track (essay collection)

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Off the Beaten Track
Author Martin Heidegger
Original titleHolzwege
Translator
LanguageGerman
Publisher Verlag Vittorio Klostermann  [ de ]
Publication date
1950
Publication placeWest Germany
Published in English
August 2002
Pages345

Off the Beaten Track (German : Holzwege) is a 1950 essay collection by the German philosopher Martin Heidegger. It consists of six essay originally published or delivered as lectures from 1935 to 1946. The recurring subjects are the history of metaphysics and the search for alternatives. [1] [2] [3] "The Age of the World Picture", originally a 1938 lecture, was revised for the book to stand further away from National Socialism. [4]

Contents

Contents

English titleGerman titleOrig. year
"The Origin of the Work of Art""Der Ursprung des Kunstwerkes"1935–6
"The Age of the World Picture""Die Zeit des Weltbildes"1938
"Hegel's Concept of Experience""Hegels Begriff der Erfahrung"1942–3
"Nietzsche's Word: 'God Is Dead'""Nietzsches Wort 'Gott ist tot'"1943
"Why Poets?""Wozu Dichter?"1946
"Anaximander's Saying""Der Spruch des Anaximander"1946

References

  1. ↑ Thomä, Dieter (2020). "Heidegger, Martin: Holzwege". In Arnold, H.L. (ed.). Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_9614-1.
  2. ↑ Schilling, Kurt (1950). "Holzwege. Vittorio Klostermann Martin Heidegger". Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (in German). 38 (3): 406–411. JSTOR   23677851.
  3. ↑ Rossmann, Kurt (1950). "Martin Heideggers Holzwege" . Der Monat  [ de ] (in German). 21 (3): 236–245. JSTOR   23677851.
  4. ↑ Kellerer, Sidonie (2014). "Rewording the Past: The Postwar Publication of a 1938 Lecture by Martin Heidegger". Modern Intellectual History. 11 (3): 575–602. doi:10.1017/S1479244314000195.
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