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The Origin of the Work of Art
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In Heidegger’s account, a work of art may open a world through relations of world and earth. Such disclosure does not certify factual accuracy or the justice of a community.
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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.
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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.