Dwelling and Departure: Beginning Disputes between Arendt and Heidegger

Burton, Adi; Weber, Barbara

dc.contributor.author	Burton, Adi
dc.contributor.author	Weber, Barbara
dc.date.accessioned	2024-12-16T12:25:10Z
dc.date.available	2024-12-16T12:25:10Z
dc.date.issued	2024-11-28
dc.identifier.issn	2083-2931
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11089/53963
dc.description.abstract	In “Letter on Humanism,” Martin Heidegger juxtaposes the notion of homelessness (Heimlosigkeit) with home-coming (Heimholung), i.e. the reawakening to our original relationship to Being. This focus on dwelling in Being represents an interesting modification from his earlier study of “incipience” (Anfang), which emphasizes departure. We follow the critique of this shift in thinking in Hannah Arendt’s work, beginning with a short allegory titled “Heidegger the Fox” (1953). We suggest that reading this allegory in the light of Arendt’s decades-long debate with Heidegger illuminates the tense relationship between dwelling and incipience (or in her terms, “natality”). Though we do not attempt a complete analysis of Heidegger and Arendt’s works here, we aim to draw out specific movements of their thinking. We suggest that Arendt’s concept of natality, which, though partly influenced by Heidegger, ultimately challenges the authenticity of Heidegger’s solitary, silent thinker who dwells in the House of Being. In the back and forth between their thinking an unresolvable tension between dwelling and departure arises as the existential fissure.	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego	pl
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture;14	en
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.subject	Arendt	en
dc.subject	Heidegger	en
dc.subject	natality	en
dc.subject	dwelling	en
dc.subject	thinking	en
dc.subject	exile	en
dc.title	Dwelling and Departure: Beginning Disputes between Arendt and Heidegger	en
dc.type	Article
dc.page.number	21-40
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Burton, Adi - Independent Scholar	en
dc.contributor.authorAffiliation	Weber, Barbara - University of British Columbia	en
dc.identifier.eissn	2084-574X
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dc.contributor.authorEmail	Burton, Adi - burton.adi@gmail.com
dc.contributor.authorEmail	Weber, Barbara - barbara.weber@ubc.ca
dc.identifier.doi	10.18778/2083-2931.14.02

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