Read Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art" from Basic Writings

For our next session we will continue our reading of "The Origin of the Work of Art" from Heidegger's Basic Writings. The strife between Earth and World is the main subject this time, along with the role of informed "preservers" at maintain the world opened up by works of art.

In terms of the assigned reading, we will finish the work by reading the section "Truth and Art" as well as the Epilogue and Addendum, covering pages 182-212.

Here is an amazon link to the full Basic Writings edition we are using -

https://www.amazon.com/Writings-Harper-Perennial-Modern-Thought/dp/0061627011

Attendees will join a waiting room before the session and will be let in individually. Please use a real screen name, be sure you have signed up on meet up before the session, and use the same name on Zoom. If you have any doubts or concerns, feel free to send me a PM on meet up before the event.

Previous familiarity with Heidegger will be helpful but is not required. Please bring your questions.