Heidegger on East-West Dialogue: Anticipating the Event (Studies in Philosophy)

281 Pages·2007·1.09 MB·English

by  Lin Ma

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Ma, Lin, 1970–
Heidegger on East-West dialogue : anticipating the event / by Lin Ma.
p. cm. — (Studies in philosophy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889–1976. I. Title.
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Contents
Abbreviations vii
Note on Referencing ix
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter One
Heidegger’s Asian Connection 10
Chapter Two
Language and Being: Central Themes 27
Chapter Three
Philosophy, the Ge-stell, and East-West Dialogue 47
Chapter Four
The Journey Abroad and “The Few Other Great Beginnings” 76
Chapter Five
The Early Greeks’ Confrontation with the Asiatic 100
Chapter Six
Heidegger’s Encounter with the Daodejing 119
Chapter Seven
East-West Dialogue and the Question of Language 144
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vi Contents
Chapter Eight
Japanese Themes in “A Dialogue on Language” 167
Chapter Nine
Do We Have Our Eyes on the “Same”? 190
Conclusion 210
Notes 215
Bibliography 243
Index 261
Abbreviations of Heidegger’s Works
GA 1975- Gesamtausgabe
BT [1927] Being and Time
CP [1936–38] Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning);
also referred to as “the Contributions”
DL [1953/54] “A Dialogue on Language: Between a Japanese
and an Inquirer”; also referred to as “A Dialogue”
EHP [2000a] Elucidations of Hölderlin’s Poetry
ET [1930b] “On the Essence of Truth”
HHI [1942] Hölderlin’s Hymn “The Ister”
ID [1955–57] Identity and Difference
IM [1935] Introduction to Metaphysics
HJC [2003c] The Heidegger-Jaspers Correspondence
KD [1958c] “Die Kunst und das Denken”
LH [1946b] “Letter on Humanism”
M [1952] “Moira”
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viii Abbreviations of Heidegger’s Works
OM [1936–46] “Overcoming Metaphysics”
OWL [1971] On the Way to Language
TB [1962–64] On Time and Being
QT [1953a] “The Question concerning Technology”
WCT [1951/52] What Is Called Thinking?
WIM [1929] What Is Metaphysics?
WIP [1956] What Is Philosophy?
ZS [2001] Zollikon Seminars
The year(s) in square brackets conforms to the entry in the bibliography.
Note on Referencing
I have adopted the following conventions of reference. Secondary literature
is referred to in the main text by author’s last name, year of publication (in
accordance with the bibliography) and page number in round brackets. If an
author has only one publication mentioned in the bibliography, the year of
publication is sometimes omitted. If the same source is cited several times
in succession, only the page number is given in round brackets. The biblio-
graphic details of a few works that are remote from the theme of this book
are given in notes.
References to Heidegger’s work are given either in square or round
brackets without his name. Since it is rather important for my purpose
to indicate the year when Heidegger expressed a certain view, I give the
reference in square brackets according to the year/years when he made
the statement. Often-cited works by Heidegger are referred to by abbre-
viations (without square brackets). When possible I cite from English
versions of Heidegger’s works (with “tr. m.” indicating important modi-
fications). Page numbers are given as [English edition]/[German edition].
In most cases the German edition cited is the Gesamtausgabe. When only
the German version is available, the English translations are of my respon-
sibility. When more than one edition or translation is mentioned in the
bibliography, references are to the edition first mentioned in the biblio-
graphic entry.
When giving the German original for a word or phrase in the main
text, I place it in round brackets; when in a citation, I place it in square
brackets. Unless otherwise noted, an omission sign in a citation indicates
my own omission. When emphasis occurs in a citation (usually in the form
of italics), I use “em. or.” and “em. ad.” to indicate “emphasis original” and
“emphasis added” respectively.
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