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"In 1974, thirty-year-old philosopher and translator David Krell began corresponding and then meeting with Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Years later, he would meet Jacques Derrida and, through many letters and meetings, came to know him well. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and Krell's warmly told personal recollections, Three Encounters presents an intimate and highly insightful look at the lives and ideas of three noted philosophers as they neared the culmination of their careers. Three Encounters offers a chance for readers to encounter these three great philosophers and their ideas, not through the lens of their biographies, but as 'people' known through their personal correspondence and Krell's recollections, demonstrating the entanglement of thought and the lived experience"--

Note biographique

David Farrell Krell is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University, Chicago, and Brauer Distinguished Visiting Professor of German Studies at Brown University, Providence, RI. He also teaches at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His scholarly books include The Sea: A Philosophical Encounter, The Cudgel and the Caress: Reflections on Cruelty and Tenderness, The Tragic Absolute: German Idealism and the Languishing of God . He has also published a number of translations, short stories, and three novels.

Table des matières

Preface
1. Before the Beginning
2. Translating Heidegger
3. Meeting Martin Heidegger
4. The Debt and the Distance
5. Meeting Hannah Arendt
6. Arendt with and without Heidegger
7. Meeting Jacques Derrida: The Geschlecht Project
8. Lifedeath-Following the Animals
9. Each Time Unique
10. Concluding Reflections
Illustrations
Index

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