Heidegger and Language

The essays collected in this volume take a new look at the role of language in the thought of Martin Heidegger to reassess its significance for contemporary philosophy. They consider such topics as Heidegger's engagement with the Greeks, expression in language, poetry, the language of art and politics, and the question of truth. Heidegger left his unique stamp on language, giving it its own force and shape, especially with reference to concepts such as Dasein, understanding, and attunement, which have a distinctive place in his philosophy.

Jeffrey Powell is Professor of Philosophy at Marshall University. He is currently translating (with William McNeill) Heidegger's History of Beyng (IUP, forthcoming).

Introduction \ Jeffrey Powell
1. Heidegger's Ontological Analysis of Language \ Daniel O. Dahlstrom
2. Listening to the Silence: Reticence and the Call of Conscience in Heidegger's Philosophy \ Walter Brogan
3. In Force of Language: Language and Desire in Heidegger's Reading of Aristotle's Metaphysics \ William McNeill
4. The Secret Homeland of Speech: Heidegger on Language, 19331934 \ Richard Polt
5. The Logic of Thinking \ John Sallis
6. Giving Its Word: Event (as) Language \ Krzysztof Ziarek
7. Heidegger's Poietic Writings: From Contributions to Philosophy to Das Ereignis \ Daniela Vallega-Neu
8. Poets as Prophets and as Painters: Heidegger's Turn to Language and the Hölderlinian Turn in Context \ Robert Bernasconi
9. Truth Be Told: Homer, Plato, and Heidegger \ Dennis J. Schmidt
10. The Way to Heidegger's "Way to Language" \ Jeffrey L. Powell
11. Is There a Heideggeror, for That Matter, a LacanBeyond All Gathering? \ David Farrell Krell
12. Heidegger and the Question of the "Essence" of Language \ Françoise Dastur
13. Dark Celebration: Heidegger's Silent Music \ Peter Hanly
14. Heidegger with Blanchot: On the Way to Fragmentation \ Christopher Fynsk
Contributors
Index