Letters to his Wife: 1915-1970 Martin Heidegger,
Publisher: Polity
ISBN: 0745641350
DDC: 193
Edition: Hardcover; 2008-10-24
Summary:
'There is something absolute about the letters between you & me; …
The letter is a form of communion of the soul-spirit – … one that is
faded & yet unimpeded, complete’, wrote Martin Heidegger to his
fiancée Elfride Petri shortly before their wedding. In the course of
a marriage that lasted almost sixty years Martin and Elfride were
often apart, and the letter thus remained a vital means of
communication right through to the final years. The letters he sent
her are snapshots of the ups and downs, the crises and everyday
minutiae from Heidegger’s life: their engagement, the building of the
Cabin at Todtnauberg, the part he played in the two world wars, the
difficulties of his early professional career, their financial
problems, his dealings with women, and his constant concern with
expounding his ideas. Apart from three letters now in the hands of
the German Literature Archive in Marbach, Elfride Heidegger kept all
of the countless letters and cards from her husband locked away in a
wooden chest. After reading them one final time, in 1977 she gave the
key to this chest to her granddaughter Gertrud Heidegger on condition
that she should not open it until after Elfride’s death. After years
spent deciphering, transcribing and ordering the letters with the
help of her father and her uncle, Gertrud Heidegger has here made a
selection of them available to the public and added a commentary that
provides relevant background material. This selection from the many
letters written by Martin Heidegger to his wife provides an
invaluable insight into their life together, their friendships and
relationships, and sheds fresh light on the ideas and beliefs of one
of the twentieth century’s greatest philosophers.
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