In this Book
- Words in Blood, Like Flowers: Philosophy and Poetry, Music and Eros in Holderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger
- Book
- 2006
- Published by: State University of New York Press
summary
Why did Nietzsche claim to have “written in blood”? Why did Heidegger remain silent after World War II about his participation in the Nazi Party? How did Hölderlin’s voice and the voices of other, more ancient poets come to echo in philosophy? Words in Blood, Like Flowers is a classical expression of continental philosophy that critically engages the intersection of poetry, art, music, politics, and the erotic in an exploration of the power they have over us. While focusing on three key figures—Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger—this volume covers a wide range of material, from the Ancient Greeks to the vicissitudes of the politics of our times, and approaches these and other questions within their hermeneutic and historical contexts.
Working from primary texts and a wide range of scholarly sources in French, German, and English, this book is an important contribution to philosophy’s most ancient quarrels not only with poetry, but also with music and erotic love.
Table of Contents
Download Full Book
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xiii-xv
- Abbreviations
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Illustrations
- p. xix
- Philosophy, Philology, Poetry
- Music, Pain, Eros
- 6. Philosophy as Music
- pp. 97-116
- 7. Songs of the Sun: H
- pp. 117-134
- 8. On Pain and Tragic Joy: Nietzsche and H
- pp. 135-146
- Art, Nature, Calculation
- 10. Chaos and Culture
- pp. 171-183
- 14. Heidegger’s Beiträge as Will to Power
- pp. 243-263
- Bibliography
- pp. 343-371
- Name Index
- pp. 373-380
- Subject Index
- pp. 381-394
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791481332
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
77078867
Pages
394
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No