Correspondence: 1919–1973

Martin Heidegger; Karl Löwith

doi:10.5771/9781786607232

Summary

This volume consists of over one-hundred epistolary exchanges between Martin Heidegger and one of his earliest students, Karl Löwith, 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 Löwith, while the more casual letters provide insight into Heidegger the teacher, the man, and the friend, as well as into Löwith 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.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-78660-722-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-78660-723-2
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 314
Product type: Book Titles

1. Dedication No access
2. Contents No access
3. Translators’ Foreword No access
4. Editors’ Foreword No access
Correspondence No access Pages 1 - 156
1. Chapter 1: Letter from Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche to Karl Löwith No access
2. Chapter 2: Martin Heidegger’s Assessment of Karl Löwith’s Habilitation Thesis (1928) No access
3. Chapter 3: Excerpt from Karl Löwith’s Italian Diary (1934–1936) No access
4. Chapter 4: Letter from Ada Löwith to Elfride Heidegger-Petri (1976) No access
5. Chapter 5: Entry from Karl Löwith in the Heidegger Family Guestbook at the Hut in Todtnauberg (1924) No access
6. Chapter 6: List of Martin Heidegger’s Courses in which Karl Löwith Participated No access
Annotations No access Pages 173 - 280
Annotations to the Supplements No access Pages 281 - 286
Editor’s Afterword No access Pages 287 - 292
Abbreviations No access Pages 293 - 294
1. Martin Heidegger No access
2. Karl Löwith No access
1. Karl Löwith No access
2. Karl Löwith’s Works Cited in the Correspondence No access
1. Supplements No access
Image Credits No access Pages 307 - 308
Index of Names No access Pages 309 - 314