Two Studies of Friedrich Hรถlderlin Werner HamacHer edited by Peter Fenves edited and translated by Julia ng translated by antHony adler Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
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Two Studies of Friedrich Hรถlderlin shows how the poet enacts a radical theory of meaning that culminates in a unique and still groundbreaking concept of revolution, one that begins with a revolutionary understanding of language. The product of an intense engagement with both Walter Benjamin and Jacques Derrida, the book presents Werner Hamacher's major attempts at developing a critical practice commensurate with the immensity of Hรถlderlin's late writings. These essays offer an incisive and innovative combination of critical theory and deconstruction while also identifying where influential critics like Heidegger fail
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to do justice to the poet's astonishing radicality. Readers will not only come away with a new appreciation of Hรถlderlin's poetic and political-theoretical achievements but will also discover the motivating force behind Hamacher's own achievements as a literary scholar and political theorist. Professor at the University of Frankfurt and founder and Director of its Institute of General and Comparative Literary Studies, Werner Hamacher (1948-2017) was also the Emmanuel Levinas Chair and Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the European Graduate School. Hamacher co-founded and edited
the Stanford book series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Peter Fenves is the Joan
and Sarepta Harrison Professor of Literature at Northwestern University. Julia Ng is Lecturer in English and Comparative Literature at Goldsmiths, University of
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London, where she co-directs the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought. Anthony Curtis Adler is Professor of German and Comparative Literature at Yonsei University's Underwood International College.