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1919-1973
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This volume consists of over one-hundred epistolary exchanges between Martin Heidegger and one of his earliest students, Karl Loewith, who became a renowned and accomplished philosopher in his own right. The letters span a period of just over fifty years and range from casual to philosophical in tone. The more philosophically oriented letters shed important light on the ideas and writings of both Heidegger and Loewith, while the more casual letters provide insight into Heidegger the teacher, the man, and the friend, as well as into Loewith the devoted but reflectively critical student. By providing previously untranslated materials, this volume contributes to a greater understanding of the lives and the work of these two crucially important philosophers. Additionally, through the various bibliographical and cultural details that are disclosed along the way, this volume contributes to a greater understanding of German intellectual and cultural history during the span of its most challenging and devastating years.
Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was a German philosopher and one of the most important European thinkers of the twentieth century. Karl Loewith (1897-1973) was a German philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. He was a student of Husserl and Heidegger and authored more than 300 titles. Julia Goesser Assaiante is a lecturer in Language and Culture Studies at Trinity College. She is the author of Body Language: Corporeality, Subjectivity and Language in JG Hamann (Peter Lang, 2011) and co-translator of Heidegger's Heraclitus (forthcoming, Bloomsbury, 2018).
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