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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451123203321

Autore

García Düttmann Alexander

Titolo

The memory of thought : an essay on Heidegger and Adorno / / Alexander García Düttmann ; translated by Nicholas Walker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum, , 2002

ISBN

1-281-29854-9

9786611298548

1-84714-452-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (349 p.)

Collana

Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers

Disciplina

193

Soggetti

Philosophy, German - 20th century

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction: Of (From) Germania - after (to) Auschwitz; PART I. GUILTS AND DEBTS; 1 Fate and Sacrifice; 2 Dialectics and the Ban on Images; 3 Constellation and De-constitution; PART II. INAUGURATIONS; 1 Counter-Turning of the Beginning; 2 Rise and Downfall; 3 Keeping to the Names; Afterword: The Reeling Philosopher; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

This title reconstructs the philosophy of Adorno and Heidegger in the light of the importance that these thinkers attach to two proper names: Auschwitz and Germanien.