Hölderlin's Hymn "Remembrance" by Martin Heidegger

Hölderlin's Hymn "Remembrance" by Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger's 1941–1942 lecture course on Friedrich Hölderlin's hymn, "Remembrance," delivered immediately following his confrontation with Nietzsche, lays out a detailed plan for the interpretation of Hölderlin's poetry in which remembrance is a central concern. With its emphasis on the "free use of the national" and the "holy of the fatherland," the course marks an important progression in Heidegger's political thought. In addition to its startlingly innovative analyses of greeting, the festive, and the dream, the text provides Heidegger's fullest elaboration of the structure of commemorative thinking in relationship to time and the possibility of an "other beginning." This English translation by William McNeill and Julia Ireland completes the series of Heidegger's major lecture courses on Hölderlin.

"This faithful and readable translation by William McNeill and Julia Ireland serves as a critical orientation to interpreting Heidegger's later thought, which has become the focus of a great deal of scholarly interestIn Heidegger's own words, Hölderlin's poetry is 'absolutely essential' to understanding his later thought."—Christopher D. Merwin, Emory University

William McNeill is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is translator (with Jeffrey Powell) of Martin Heidegger's The History of Beyng and (with Julia Ireland) of Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" and Hölderlin's Hymn "Germania" and "The Rhine."
Julia Ireland is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Whitman College. She is translator (with William McNeill) of Martin Heidegger's Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" and Hölderlin's Hymn "Germania" and "The Rhine."