New Winter Course with Dr. Kraatz (English): Martin Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art" (1931-1936)
Starting: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024.
What: We will read Heidegger's "The Origin of the Work of Art", word by word, and discuss questions like: What is Art? What is Aesthetics? What has Art to do with Truth? Is Modern Art really Art? This text is one of the most important texts for Heidegger's Philosophy.
Goal: The goal is to learn about Art, Aesthetics, and
about Heidegger's Philosophy.
When: The course will take place weekly - Tuesdays at 7:00-8:30pm (90 minutes) online on Tencent Meeting (voov-meeting). There will be 8 sessions in total (8x90 minutes=720 minutes=12 hours).
Price: 800 RMB or 100 RMB per lecture.
Language: The course will be offered in English. (Questions in Chinese,
Teacher: Dr. Kraatz
How do I join? Add the Assistant: Wolfgang0626 (scroll down, there is a QR Code at the end of this article).
Dr. Karl Kraatz, born in Berlin/Germany. Degrees from FU Berlin, Philipps-Universität Marburg and TU Dresden. Currently Associate Prof. at Hunan Normal University in Changsha. Published on the philosophy of Heidegger, phenomenology and transcendental philosophy. Monographs: The Methodology of Heidegger's Philosophy (2020), Bringing Being to Language (2022); more than 10 articles and book chapters in various journals: including. "Heidegger's Criticism of AI Art, Why AI Art is not Art", (forthcoming), also: "Heidegger's Transcendental Ontology" in Idealistic Studies (2022), "Heidegger's Self-Criticism in Being and Time", in Review of Metaphysics (2022), "Resoluteness as Heidegger's Philosophical Method", in Synthesis Philosophica (2022), and an article on the artwork essay on which this course will be: "Martin Heidegger on the Relation of Life and Art" (2021). Participant/Host of various Projects (2 national).
(More info at www.karl-kraatz.de)
Q&A
Anyone who is interested may participate. The course is mainly aimed at Chinese students who are interested in philosophy.
Previous knowledge of Heidegger's philosophy is helpful but not necessary. The course begins with a general introduction to Heidegger's philosophy. The course consists of reading the text "The Origin of the Work of Art" (74 pages) together in English - about 8 pages to be read per week. I will explain and comment on the text.
Do I have to buy the texts?
The text and additional materials (e.g. secondary literature) will be provided.
The course begins with two lectures as an introduction to Heidegger's philosophy. This is followed by 8 sessions in which we talk about the text for 45 and read for 45 minutes. I speak very slowly and present a PowerPoint presentation where you can read the main points.
Wechat Group: All participants join a WeChat group where questions about philosophy can be asked at any time. I will ask questions about the text in the WeChat group myself which should help you with the text and guide you through by pointing to the most important points.
Why should I spend money on these courses?
1. Relevance: Martin Heidegger is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. Heidegger's philosophy is world famous. Especially in China, there is a very great interest in Heidegger.
2. Relevance²: This text ("The Origin of the Work of Art") is considered one of the most important texts for Heidegger's philosophy. It was written in the 1930s and marks the "turning point" of Heidegger's philosophy. The text itself had a very strong influence on aesthetics and on hermeneutics (Gadamer).
3. Relevance³: The text is important reading for anyone interested in art (aesthetics).
4. Interactive: An online course is better than a video because the course is interactive: you can always ask your own questions and join in the discussion. The course thus becomes "individual" for you and has answers to your own questions.
5. Social Group, Shared Interest, Motivation: you can talk and discuss with like-minded people - this exercises your communication skills and is fun. The discussio(n takes place in the virtual meetings and in the WeChat group and is guided and controlled.
More courses on Western philosophy will follow. Those who participate well (ask questions, join in the discussion, answer questions) get a discount on the next courses.This is all part of the greater project of building a Heidegger-Academy in 2024/2025 - with more courses on Heidegger and Philosophy, Teaching German, Lectures by famous Scholars, and Reading Clubs.
Martin Heidegger "The Origin of the Work of Art" (1931-1936)
he text deals with Heidegger's answer to the question of what art is. We will learn from Heidegger what makes a work of art a work of art.
Heidegger gave lectures on this subject in 1935-36. The text is an extended version of these lectures (74 pages in total). In the text, Heidegger presents his entirely new understanding of art. Neither sociology, psychology, nor aesthetics are primarily important for Heidegger's understanding of art - instead, Heidegger says, the work of art is an "event of truth".
The text also marks the "Kehre" of Heidegger's thinking. The "Kehre" stands for the change within Heidegger's early philosophy to his late philosophy. From this text, we can learn what the Kehre (turning) is and what actually changed in Heidegger's philosophy. The text is therefore also considered an introduction to Heidegger's late philosophy and is regarded as one of Heidegger's most important texts.
Heidegger's Kunstwerk essay had a great influence on the hermeneutic tradition - especially on Gadamer, who further developed Heidegger's approaches in Truth and Method. The text also had an impact on aesthetics because Heidegger proposed a whole new way of thinking about works of art.
So on the one hand, the text is considered a central text for Heidegger's philosophy; on the other hand, it is important reading for all questions regarding aesthetics.
We put Heidegger's thoughts on art to the test and discuss together whether Heidegger's conception of what art is is useful. We read this text to learn about Heidegger's philosophy and about art.
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Every time: Tuesdays from 7:00pm - 8:30pm (90 minutes)
1. Lecture + Reading 8 Pages ("The Thing and the Work")
2. Lecture + Reading 8 Pages ("The Thing and the Work")
3. Lecture + Reading 8 Pages ("The Work and the Truth")
4. Lecture + Reading 8 Pages ("The Work and the Truth")
5. Lecture + Reading 8 Pages ("The Truth and the Art")
6. Lecture + Reading 8 Pages ("The Truth and the Art")
7. reading 10 pages + lecture ("Epilogue" & "Supplement")
8. Final Discussion + Final Pages + Review
Main text:
Martin Heidegger, "Der Ursprung des Kunstwerkes", in GA 5: Holzwege.
(English Translation: Heidegger, Martin; trans. David Farrell Krell (2008). "The Origin of the Work of Art." Martin Heidegger: The Basic Writings. New York: Harper Collins. pp. 143-212.)
Martin Heidegger, "III. NOTES TO "THE ORIGIN OF THE WORK OF ART"" in GA 82, On His Own Publications (2018).
Hans-Georg Gadamer: On the Introduction. In: Martin Heidegger: The Origin of the Work of Art. Stuttgart 1960, pp. 102-125.
Thank you for your interest! Also keep an eye out for the other courses. Wang Hongjian Laoshi will be teaching a German Course for Beginners in January/February 2024. If you have any questions, please post them here in a comment on WeChat or write to me privately.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays!
If you want to attend, send a message to this WeChat account or add the assistant on WeChat: wolfgang0626
