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Article Dans Une Revue Sign System Studies Année : 2016

Literature as a defining trait of the human umwelt: From and beyond Heidegger

Jonathan Hope
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Writers and readers of literature are, among other things, biological en tities that evolve under particular political (geographical/historical) conditions. A comparative study of certain texts by Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) can help us establish a fruitful interpretation of this threefold link between literary art, biology and politics. However, careful analysis reveals that Heidegger remains too rooted in an old-world, nationalistic and anthropocentric paradigm. We will attempt to rethink Heidegger’s assumptions on the grounds that literature, a cultural practice, enables us to delineate our natural environment. By reformulating Heidegger’s line of thought, we can more precisely address the plural structure of our biotic and political-literary experiences.

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hal-01444337 , version 1 (23-01-2017)

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Pierre-Louis Patoine, Jonathan Hope. Literature as a defining trait of the human umwelt: From and beyond Heidegger. Sign System Studies, 2016, Framing nature and culture, 44 (1/2), ⟨10.12697/SSS.2016.44.1-2.09⟩. ⟨hal-01444337⟩
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