Heidegger, Aristotle and the Work of Art Poeisis in Being

This book finds Heidegger's Aristotle interpretation integral to his idea of leading metaphysics back to its own presuppositions, and his reflection on art as necessitating a revision of this interpretation. It argues that this tracing is vital to engagin

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Heidegger, Aristotle and the Work of Art Poiesis in Being Mark Sinclair

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© Mark Sinclair 2006 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2006 978-1-4039-8978-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4LP. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2006 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 Companies and representatives throughout the world. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint of the Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries. Palgrave is a registered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-54230-7 ISBN 978-0-230-62507-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230625075 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sinclair, Mark, 1973Heidegger, Aristotle, and the work of art : poiesis in being I Mark Sinclair. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. 2. Art- Philosophy. 3.Aristotle. I. Title. B3279.H49.S523 2006 193-dc22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 Transferred to Digital Printing 2011

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Contents Acknowledgements

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Abbreviations and Method of Citation

vii

Introduction

1

Part I A Ground-laying of Greek Ontology 1 The Question of Being 2

19

Repeating Metaphysics: Heidegger's Account of Equipment

3 Time and Motion

47 78

4 The Moment of Truth

111

Part II The Turn to the Work of Art S Art and the Earth

135

6 Art, World and the Problem of Aesthetics

168

Conclusion

192

Notes

196

Bibliography

212

Index

218

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Acknowledgements My thanks are due, above all, to Keith Crome at Manchester Metropolitan University, whose persistence as a friend, reader and philosophical colleague has greatly improved this book. I am also indebted to Ullrich Haase, who commented on early versions of the work in his role as my PhD supervisor and to Mike Garfield for his generous advice in matters of Ancient Greek. A version of Chapter 2 first appeared under the title 'Heidegger's account of equipment in Being and Time as metaphysics in its repetition' in the Journal for th