Heidegger's Style - On Philosophical Anthropology and Aesthetics

Addressing Heidegger''s continuing centrality to continental thought, Markus Weidler argues that Heidegger''s prickly charm is best explained in terms of his great ingenuity, crafting a novel genre of writing which promises to harness the revelatory power of artworks for the purpose of philosophical inquiry. In doing so, Heidegger challenges the reader with a provocative form of artisan thinking, which for Weidler is central to understanding the significance of Heidegger''s work overall.

In Vortr- und Aufs-e (Public Lectures and Essays) Heidegger declares: ''once it has become anthropology, philosophy perishes from metaphysics.'' Remarks critical of ''philosophical anthropology'' are scattered throughout his writings, but so far commentators have not connected these tantalizing statements in any systematic way. This book deals with his hostility by addressing what we are to make of Heidegger''s frequent but elusive dismissals of philosophical anthropology as a fi