Words in blood, like flowers : philosophy and poetry, music and eros in Hölderlin, Nietzsche, and Heidegger / Babette E. Babich.

Author/creator Babich, Babette E., 1956-
Format Book
Publication InfoAlbany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxix, 394 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

SeriesSUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy
SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy. ^A233223
Contents Philosophy and the poetic Eros of thought -- Philology and aphoristic style : rhetoric, sources, and writing in blood -- The birth of tragedy : lyric poetry and the music of words -- Nietzsche's "Gay science" : poetry and love, science and music -- Pindar's becoming : translating the imperatives of praise -- Philosophy as music -- Songs of the sun : Hölderlin in Venice -- On pain and tragic joy : Nietzsche and Hölderlin -- Nietzsche's erotic artist as actor, Jew, woman -- Chaos and culture -- The ethos of nature and art : Hölderlin's ecological politics -- The work of art and the museum : Heidegger, Schapiro, Gadamer -- The ethical alpha and Heidegger's linguistic omega : on the inner affinity between Germany and Greece -- Heidegger's Beiträge as will to power.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 343-371) and indexes.
LCCN 2005029298
ISBN0791468356 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780791468357

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks B3317 .B22 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold