Between Word and Image: Heidegger, Klee, and Gadamer on Gesture and Genesis

by Dennis J. Schmidt

Book Overview

Engagement with the image has played a decisive role in the formulation of the very idea of philosophy since Plato. Identifying pivotal moments in the history of philosophy, Dennis J. Schmidt develops the question of philosophy's regard of the image in thinking by considering painting--where the image most clearly calls attention to itself as an image. Focusing on Heidegger and the work of Paul Klee, Schmidt pursues larger issues in the relationship...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253006201
• ISBN13: 9780253006202
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher