The Ruse of Techne: Heidegger's Magical Materialism

by Dimitris Vardoulakis

The Ruse of Techne offers a reappraisal of Heidegger's entire work by focusing on the forms of activity he regards as separate from instrumentality. Non-instrumental activities like authenticity, poetry, and thinking-in short, the ineffectual-are critical for Heidegger as they offer the only path to the truth of being throughout his work.

By unearthing the source of the conception of non-instrumental action in Heidegger's reading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1531506755
• ISBN13: 9781531506759
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"