In 1926: living at the edge of time - Monoskop

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lichkeit des Daseins" ("The Existential Source of Historiology in the
Historicality of Dasein") argues that what used to be regarded as the
objective level of history is actually based on the-in a certain sensesubjective
(419-420) level of the time of existence: "Whether the historiological
disclosure of history is in fact accomplished or not, its ontological
structure is such that in itself this disclosure has its roots in the
historicality of Dasein. This is the connection we have in mind when we
talk of Dasein's historicality as the existential source of historiology"
(392-393). But if human existence is thus described as "essentially oriented
toward the future," this future holds nothing more than the individual's
death. [see Individuality vs. Collectivity, Immanence = Transcendence
(Death)] The Past, in contrast, is fate, materialized in
the-collective-history of a nation, or Yolk (384ff.). By defining history
from an existential point of view, Heidegger moves the future back into
the picture. But this only confirms the unavailability of any future that
would not be merely subjective.
Related Entries
Assembly Lines, Bullfighting, Dancing, Elevators, Employees, Gramophones,
Jazz, Reporters, Timepieces, Authenticity vs. Artificiality, Center
vs. Periphery, Individuality vs. Collectivity, Sobriety vs. Exuberance,
Authenticity = Artificiality (Life), Immanence = Transcendence (Death)
References
Walter Benjamin, "J. P. Hebel: Ein Bilderratsel zum 100. Todestage des Dichters"
(1926). In Benjamin, Gesammelte Schriften, vol. 2, part 1. Frankfurt,
1977.
Bertoit Brecht, "Wenn der Vater mit dem Sohne mit dem Uhu ... " (1926). In
Brecht, Gesammelte Werke, vol. 18. Frankfurt, 1967.
Andre Coeuroy and Andre Schaffner, Le Jazz. Paris, 1926.
"Deutsche Zukunft." Suddeutsche Monatshefte 24 (1926): 215-219.
Charles Diserens, The Influence of Music on Behavior. Princeton, 1926.
Sam Eisen, "Politics, Poetics, and Profession: Viktor Shklovsky, Boris Eikhenbaum,
and the Understanding of Literature, 1919-1936." Dissertation,
Stanford University, 1994.
Oskar Maurus Fontana, "Was arbeiten Sie? Gesprach mit Robert Musil"