Peter Gordon: Monday, November 1
Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos
Peter Gordon
Harvard University
4:30 pm, Monday, November 1
Franke Institute for Humanities
Refreshments will be served
Attendees are asked to read selections from Professor Gordon's Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2010), as follows:
Preface (xi-xiv, all);
Introduction (pp.1-11 and pp.37-42 only);
Ch. 1: "Philosophy in Crisis" (pp.52-69 only);
Ch. 5: "Before Davos: Myth, Science, Modernity
(pp.215-217; 221-229; and 234-254 only);
Ch. 6: "After Davos: Enlightenment, Politics, Religion" (pp.268-291 only);
and Conclusion (pp.358-364, all).
Readers who are not already familiar with the substance of the 1929 Davos debate itself may also wish to read the entirety of Chapter 4 ("The Davos Encounter"). They will find in that chapter the complete transcription of the debate, intercut by my own exposition and annotation. And readers who feel they would like further guidance regarding the basic philosophical views of both Heidegger and Cassirer may also wish to read the unassigned portions of the Introduction (pp.11-37).
For a copy of these readings in PDF Format, please contact J.J. McFadden
Professor Gordon will present a related paper, entitled 'Heidegger, Cassirer, and Political Theology,' at the Political Theory Workshop at noon on the 1st.
