Presentation. The dialogue with Heidegger in Marcuse’s first philosophical project

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Abstract

The purpose of the following paper is to discuss some basic aspects regarding Marcuse’s relationship with Heidegger that may serve as a general framework for this monographic issue. First, I will detail which of Heidegger’s writings, courses and lecture-transcripts Marcuse came to know during his time as his student from 1929 to 1932. I will then highlight some characteristic elements from Marcuse’s interpretative perspective. Finally, I will develop some reflections regarding the way in which Heidegger could take and, in fact, did take this original interpretation of his thought. These last remarks will also explain the fruitful potential that, in my opinion, a reading of Heidegger’s philosophy through the prism of the so called Critical Theory can have.

Keywords

Heidegger, Marcuse, historicity, politics, Critical Theory

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Author Biography

Francisco de Lara, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Francisco de Lara (Madrid, 1974) holds a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Freiburg, Germany, and the Autonomous University of Madrid. He is currently Professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica of Chile. His doctoral dissertation on the philosophy of the young Heidegger received the Max Müller award from the University of Freiburg. He founded and is editor of the Revista Internacional de Fenomenología y Hermenéutica ALEA and is director of the Filosofía UC collection (Tecnos). He is author of the book Phänomenologie der Möglichkeit. Grundzüge der Philosophie Heideggers 1919-1923 (Karl Alber, 2008) and editor of Entre fenomenología y hermenéutica: Franco Volpi in memoriam (Plaza y Valdés, 2011) and Heidegger: Lógos-Lógica-Lenguaje (Teseo, 2012). He is the author of several articles, book chapters and dictionary entries on Heidegger in various languages, as well as a translator of Problemas fundamentales de la fenomenología 1919/20 (Alianza, 2014) and Experiencias del pensar (Abada, 2014). He is a founding member and has been President of the Ibero-American Society of Heideggerian Studies.

Published

2019-03-07

How to Cite

de Lara, F. (2019). Presentation. The dialogue with Heidegger in Marcuse’s first philosophical project. Enrahonar. An International Journal of Theoretical and Practical Reason, 62, 5–18. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/enrahonar.1243

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