Concept
1 reading
World and earth
Concept · 1 reading
In Heidegger’s art essay, a world opens relations of significance, while earth is not exhausted by them. Their strife is not an ordinary disagreement among viewers.
All readings
1 reading · Title A–Z
Heidegger: being, a shared world and its limits · Lesson 10 of 12
When art opens a world
In The Origin of the Work of Art, Heidegger describes a temple that opens a world, where world and earth stand in strife. The lesson also compares his accounts of language and shows why shared meanings still leave factual and ethical questions to be answered.
Study this in sequence
Heidegger: being, a shared world and its limits
Begin with familiar encounters and follow Heidegger’s questions about being, a finite life, truth, art, dwelling and technology. Examine what the arguments explain, what they leave open and how they fare under political and ethical criticism.