Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity offers a radical new interpretation of Heidegger's later philosophy, developing his argument that art can help lead humanity beyond the nihilistic ontotheology of the modern age. Providing pathbreaking readings of Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art" and his notoriously difficult Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning), this book explains precisely what postmodernity meant for Heidegger, the greatest philosophical critic of modernity, and what it could still mean for us today. Exploring these issues, Iain D. Thomson examines several postmodern works of art, including music, literature, painting, and even comic books, from a post-Heideggerian perspective. Clearly written and accessible, this book will help readers gain a deeper understanding of Heidegger and his relation to postmodern theory, popular culture, and art.
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"Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity is a fascinating, engaging, and deeply insightful book that will have a revolutionary impact on the understanding of Heidegger's later thought, as well as make important contributions to our understanding of postmodernism, not just in philosophy, but in culture studies more broadly. Thomson's central thesis is that Heidegger's later thought is animated by the development of a distinctively postmodern sensibility. The sense in which his thought is postmodern, however, does not conform to the standard conceptions of postmodernism regnant in current literature. Rather, Heidegger's postmodernism lies in his sense that the late modern technologised epoch in which we live hides within itself the possibility of 'another god', a paradigm shift that takes us beyond the modern into a future we cannot yet envision."
--William Blattner, Georgetown University
"Iain Thomson has a real knack for getting Heidegger to speak to contemporary concerns. Against the background of Thomson's pathbreaking interpretation of Heidegger's idea of 'ontotheology', the essays in this volume illuminate a sense of 'postmodernity' that responds to the nihilism of modernity's technological paradigm without falling into nostalgia for a single meaning of being. The resulting pluralism is adroitly explored through examples from high art and popular culture in ways that make Heidegger's difficult late works come alive."
--Steven Crowell, Rice Universityy
"I learned a lot from Iain Thomson's book. He has a masterful grasp of the diverse art forms he discusses and he writes about even the most obscure thinkers with verve and clarity. One can trust his critical evaluations, especially his appreciation of the ontological pluralism that stands at the center of Heidegger's hope for a postmodern understanding of being."
--Hubert L. Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy, Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
'Heidegger is the focal point of the history of continental philosophy. He gathers together the movements before him -- transcendental idealism, existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics -- and profoundly influences those that follow -- post-structuralism, the Frankfurt school, postmodernism. It is the last of these that Iain Thomson writes about in his excellent new book, Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity, using the topic of art to mutually illuminate Heidegger's later writings and postmodernity. ...I find works like this extremely heartening. Thomson's explanations of Heidegger's difficult later works are unfailingly clear, carefully laying out the arguments and explaining all technical terms. Furthermore, the book's organization guides the reader so smoothly through the steps of his discussion that it should make knee-jerk objections about Heideggerian obscurantism much harder to make. ..After reading his book, I now see some of Heidegger's ideas and writings in a new light. ...By inspiring and drawing out new ideas, Iain Thomson's book takes its rightful place along with Julian Young's excellent Heidegger's Philosophy of Art as an important piece of scholarship on this topic. In keeping with its own precepts, it does not definitively settle Heidegger's views on this topic once and for all but, like a work of art, opens up new questions and pathways for thought.' --
Lee Braver, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
--William Blattner, Georgetown University
"Iain Thomson has a real knack for getting Heidegger to speak to contemporary concerns. Against the background of Thomson's pathbreaking interpretation of Heidegger's idea of 'ontotheology', the essays in this volume illuminate a sense of 'postmodernity' that responds to the nihilism of modernity's technological paradigm without falling into nostalgia for a single meaning of being. The resulting pluralism is adroitly explored through examples from high art and popular culture in ways that make Heidegger's difficult late works come alive."
--Steven Crowell, Rice Universityy
"I learned a lot from Iain Thomson's book. He has a masterful grasp of the diverse art forms he discusses and he writes about even the most obscure thinkers with verve and clarity. One can trust his critical evaluations, especially his appreciation of the ontological pluralism that stands at the center of Heidegger's hope for a postmodern understanding of being."
--Hubert L. Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy, Graduate School, University of California, Berkeley
'Heidegger is the focal point of the history of continental philosophy. He gathers together the movements before him -- transcendental idealism, existentialism, phenomenology, hermeneutics -- and profoundly influences those that follow -- post-structuralism, the Frankfurt school, postmodernism. It is the last of these that Iain Thomson writes about in his excellent new book, Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity, using the topic of art to mutually illuminate Heidegger's later writings and postmodernity. ...I find works like this extremely heartening. Thomson's explanations of Heidegger's difficult later works are unfailingly clear, carefully laying out the arguments and explaining all technical terms. Furthermore, the book's organization guides the reader so smoothly through the steps of his discussion that it should make knee-jerk objections about Heideggerian obscurantism much harder to make. ..After reading his book, I now see some of Heidegger's ideas and writings in a new light. ...By inspiring and drawing out new ideas, Iain Thomson's book takes its rightful place along with Julian Young's excellent Heidegger's Philosophy of Art as an important piece of scholarship on this topic. In keeping with its own precepts, it does not definitively settle Heidegger's views on this topic once and for all but, like a work of art, opens up new questions and pathways for thought.' --
Lee Braver, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity offers a radical new interpretation of Heidegger's later philosophy, developing his argument that art can help lead humanity beyond the nihilistic ontotheology of the modern age. This book provides a clear philosophical account of what postmodernity meant for Heidegger and examines several postmodern works of art from a post-Heideggerian perspective.
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Iain Thomson is Director of Graduate Studies and Professor of Philosophy at the University of New Mexico. The author of two books and dozens of articles in philosophical journals, essay collections, and reference works, Thomson is a leading expert on the thought of Martin Heidegger. A recipient of the Gunter Starkey Award for Teaching Excellence, he is well known for his ability to bring Heidegger's difficult ideas to life for contemporary readers.
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An excellent, lucid explanation of Heidegger's analysis of art and his relationship to postmodernity,
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Thomson's new book is an extremely good, and extremely helpful discussion of Heidegger's treatment of art--a very important topic for his later work--and his relationship to postmodernism--a very important topic for the history of philosophy. I have read, taught, and written about "The Origin of the Work of Art" many times, but I still found many new and deep insights in this book. And it is written in such clear prose that those unsteeped in the jargon or voluminous secondary literature will still benefit immensely. Moreover, Thomson uses Heidegger's later thoughts about art to critique certain tendencies of postmodernism that he considers pernicious.I have written a longer review of the book at NDPR which can easily be found by a simple search if you would like more detail. But the bottom line is that this is a great book both for those who know Heidegger's later work well and those who want to know it better.
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I received the book with the exact same condition as advertised by the seller in a timely manner - no complaints there! As for the text itself, I am currently enrolled in a seminar with the author himself, Iain D. Thomson, at the University of New Mexico, and his words (both inked and in-person) explain the almost-unintelligible words of Heidegger's postmodern world-picture in a new, fashionable way.
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