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The Memory of Thought: An Essay on Heidegger and Adorno
Hardback
Main Details
| Title |
The Memory of Thought: An Essay on Heidegger and Adorno
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Alexander Garcia Duttmann
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| Series | Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers |
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Hardback | | Pages:350 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138 |
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| Category/Genre | Philosophy of the mind |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780826459008
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| Classifications | Dewey:193 |
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| Audience | | Undergraduate | | Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly | | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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| Imprint |
Mansell Publishing
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| Publication Date |
9 May 2002 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The Memory of Thought reconstructs the philosophy of Adorno and Heidegger in the light of the importance that these thinkers attach to two proper names: Auschwitz and Germanien. In Adorno's dialectical thinking, Auschwitz is the name of an incommensurable historical event that seems to put a provisional end to history as a negative totality. In Heidegger's thinking of Being, Germanien is a name inscribed in an historical mission on which the fate of Western civilization seems to depend: it thus becomes the name of a positive totality of history.
Author Biography
Alexander Garcia Duttmann is Professor of Philosophy and Visual Culture at Goldsmiths University of London, UK, and author of The Gift of Language and Memory of Thought, published in the Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers series.
Reviews"A groundbreaking book...truly of the first importance!"--Werner Hamacher
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