"Heidegger on Literature, Poetry, and Education after the ""Turn"""

This is a welcomed contribution to later Heidegger scholarship in the areas of philosophy, literature, poetry, and education. Magrini and Schwieler present a high-level textual analysis of Heidegger's later, post-Turn writings that interweaves technical and non-technical language with original and inventive literary examples, thereby providing a well-balanced approach to some of the murky conceptual and methodological issues in later Heidegger scholarship. I highly recommend this book to those engaged in the more general academic conversation about the value and continued existence of the discipline of philosophy and the humanities in general. Magrini and Schwieler put forth a rigorous and succinct account of 'authentic education, ' highlighting the 'extra-disciplinary' dimensions of Heidegger's later thought and demonstrating the applicability and practical import of Heidegger's self-proclaimed Turn. Their analysis of how Heidegger's later thought can and should contribute to ongoing research in education and pedagogical practices carves out a relatively nuanced path in Heidegger scholarship. The authors' creative and thought-provoking book will be greatly appreciated and well received by the academic community at large. --Megan Altman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Hiram College Like Heidegger's sense of language, this book--to quote James Magrini and Elias Schwieler--is 'a primordial gathering, revelatory, and articulating force.' Indeed, this book is nothing less than an event, a force to be reckoned with, a profoundly edifying articulation of that 'rumbling silence' that promises to release us to the 'original event of learning.' In decades to come the Magrini and Schwieler study will be recognized as the 'Turn' in education scholars' thinking about Heidegger. --William F. Pinar, Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of British Columbia, Canada This is a superb book. It fulfills an excellent project. Heidegger on Literature, Poetry, and Education after the Turn is a careful reading of the Heidegger of the Turn. The book maintains a consistent focus on what Heidegger says about art and poetry, as well as on his own readings of poetry, especially the important essays on Hoelderlin. Heidegger During the Turn includes two admirable chapters that read works by a poet and a novelist (Transtroemer and Conrad-) in the light of what Heidegger says. The authors' knowledge and use of previous Heidegger scholarship are exemplary, They have admirably deep and accurate understanding of Heidegger's writings. A wonderful book. -- J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Research Professor (Emeritus) of Comparative Literature and English, University of California, Irvine, USA