Heidegger, Hölderlin, and the Subject of Poetic Language: Toward a New Poetics of Dasein (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy)

Heidegger's interpretations of the poetry of Hlderlin are central to Heidegger's later philosophy and have determined the mainstream reception of Hlderlin's poetry. Gosetti-Ferencei argues that Heidegger has overlooked central elements in Hlderlin's poetics, such as a Kantian understanding of aesthetic subjectivity and a commitment to Enlightenment ideals. These elements, she argues, resist the more politically distressing aspects of Heidegger's interpretations, including Heidegger's nationalist valorization of the German language and sense of nationhood, or Heimat. In the context of Hlderlin's poetics of alienation, exile, and wandering, Gosetti-Ferencei draws a different model of poetic subjectivity, which engages Heidegger's later philosophy of Gelassenheit, calmness, or letting be. In so doing, she is able to pose a phenomenologically sensitive theory of poetic language and a "new poetics of Dasein," or being there. "Heidegger's interpretations of the poetry of Holderlin are central to Heidegger's later philosophy and have determined the mainstream reception of Holderlin's poetry. In this book, Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei argues that Heidegger has overlooked central elements in Holderlin's poetics, such as a Kantian understanding of aesthetic subjectivity and a commitment to Enlightenment ideals. These elements, she argues, resist the more politically distressing aspects of Heidegger's interpretations, including Heidegger's nationalist valorization of the German language and sense of nationhood, or Heimat."--Jacket Content: Introduction: The Dialogue Between Poetry and Thinking -- Heidegger's Critique of Subjectivity and the Poetic Turn -- Heidegger's Holderlin: Andenken and Ereignis Beyond Subjectivity -- Poetic Subjectivity and the Elusiveness of Being -- The Critique of Technology and the Poetics of "Life" -- The Politics of Sacrifice: The Sublime and the Caesura -- Revolutionary Poetics and the Subject-in-Process -- A New Poetics of Dasein. Contents 9 Preface 11 Acknowledgments 15 Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works 17 Heidegger's Critique of Subjectivity and the Poetic Turn 45 Heidegger's Holderlin 79 Poetic Subjectivity and the Elusiveness of Being 117 The Critique of Technology and the Poetics of "Life" 162 The Politics of Sacrifice 189 Revolutionary Poetics and the Subject-in-Process 220 A New Poetics of Dasein 255 Selected Bibliography 309 Heidegger's interpretations of the poetry of Holderlin are central to his later philosophy & have determined the reception of Holderlin's poetry. This work argues that Heidegger misinterpreted the poems & in the context of Holderlin's work the author draws a new model of poetic subjectivity. In the context of Holderlin's poetics of alienation, exile, and wandering, Gosetti-Ferencei poses a phenomenologically sensitive theory of poetic language and a "new poetics of Dasein," or being there. Jennifer Anna Gosetti-ferencei. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 291-299) And Index.