Words in Blood, Like Flowers: Philosophy and Poetry, Music and Eros In Holderlin, Nietzsche, And Heidegger

by Babich, Babette E.

• ISBN13: 9780791468364
• ISBN10: 0791468364
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780791481332
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr
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Summary

Why did Nietzsche claim to have "written in blood"? Why did Heidegger remain silent after World War II about his participation in the Nazi Party? How did HC6lderlin's voice and the voices of other, more ancient poets come to echo in philosophy?

Author Biography

Babette E. Babich is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Abbreviations	p. xvii
Illustrations	p. xix
Philosophy, Philology, Poetry
Philosophy and the Poetic Eros of Thought	p. 3
Philology and Aphoristic Style: Rhetoric, Sources, and Writing in Blood	p. 19
The Birth of Tragedy: Lyric Poetry and the Music of Words	p. 37
Nietzsche's "Gay Science": Poetry and Love, Science and Music	p. 55
Pindar's Becoming: Translating the Imperatives of Praise	p. 75
Music, Pain, Eros
Philosophy as Music	p. 97
Songs of the Sun: Holderlin in Venice	p. 117
On Pain and Tragic Joy: Nietzsche and Holderlin	p. 135
Nietzsche's Erotic Artist as Actor/Jew/Woman	p. 147
Art, Nature, Calculation
Chaos and Culture	p. 171
The Ethos of Nature and Art: Holderlin's Ecological Politics	p. 185
The Work of Art and the Museum: Heidegger, Schapiro, Gadamer	p. 199
The Ethical Alpha and Heidegger's Linguistic Omega: On the Inner Affinity Between Germany and Greece	p. 227
Heidegger's Beitrage as Will to Power	p. 243
Notes	p. 265
Bibliography	p. 343
Name Index	p. 373
Subject Index	p. 381
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