Aug. 27th Introduction
Sept. 3rd The Origin of the Work of Art [1935/36] (pp.17-55)
Sept. 10th The Origin of the Work of Art (continued pp.56-86)
In addition: “Heidegger on the connection between nihilism, art, technology, and politics” (H.L. Dreyfus)
Sept. 17th Hölderlin and the Essence of Poetry [1936]
Sept. 24th “As When on a Holiday...” [1939]
Oct. 1st Remembrance [1943]
Oct. 8th 1st Paper due – no seminar meeting
Oct. 15th The Question Concerning Technology [1949]
Oct. 22nd The Question Concerning Technology (continued) In addition: Albert Borgmann’s The Device Paradigm
Oct. 29th The Thing [1951]
In addition: Albert Borgmann’s Focal Things and Practices
Nov. 5th Building Dwelling Thinking [1951] and Poetically Man Dwells… [1951]
Nov. 12th Language [1950]
Nov. 19th Hölderlin’s Earth and Heaven [1959]
Nov. 26th No seminar meeting
Dec. 3rd Hölderlin and Heidegger on the Gods, the Last God and the Holy (excerpts from Contributions to Philosophy, The Ister )
Dec. 10th 2nd Paper due - Relevance and Summary
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