Beyond Nihilism: The Turn in Heidegger's Thought from Nietzsche to Hölderlin

by Dominic Kelly

Book Overview

Martin Heidegger's (1889-1976) criticism of Friedrich Nietzsche's nihilism represented a 'turn' in his thought. In this new and perceptive book, Dominic Kelly explores nihilism through the work of two relatively modern and much studied philosophers; Heidegger and Nietzsche and shows how Heidegger began to think in a way that was not solely philosophical and instead used poetry to achieve a new relation to being. In doing so, Heidegger was able to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350331090
• ISBN13: 9781350331099
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"