Correspondence 1949-1975 Heidegger Martin
Correspondence 1949-1975 Heidegger Martin Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Junger began a correspondence with the philosopher Martin Heidegger that lasted until Heidegger s…
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Correspondence 1949-1975 Heidegger Martin
Beginning in 1949, the German novelist and essayist Ernst Junger began a correspondence with the philosopher Martin Heidegger that lasted until Heidegger s death in 1975. It also contains a translation of Junger s essay Across the Line (Uber die Linie), his contribution to a Festschrift celebrating Heidegger s sixtieth birthday. This volume contains the first English translation of their complete correspondence, as well as letters from Heidegger s wife and son and others referred to in their correspondence.
It is valuable as well for showing the emergence of themes pervasive in Heidegger s post-war thought: his cultural and political pessimism and his concern with the problem of global technology. Junger s and Heidegger s correspondence is of enormous historical interest, revealing how both men came to understand their cultural roles in post-war Europe. The correspondence also reveals