Celan Paul - Thinking the Poetic Measure of Justice: Hölderlin-Heidegger-Celan

THINKING THE POETIC MEASURE OF JUSTICE

HlderlinHeideggerCelan

CHARLES BAMBACH

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Bambach, Charles R.

Thinking the poetic measure of justice : HlderlinHeideggerCelan / Charles Bambach.

p. cm. (SUNY series in contemporary continental philosophy)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4384-4581-6 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Heidegger, Martin, 18891976. 2. Hlderlin, Friedrich, 17701843. 3. Celan, Paul. 4. Justice. I. Title.

B3279.H49B2655 2013

193dc23

2012015326

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

For Lucyand for Rolf and my brother John

Justice, justice shall you pursue

Deuteronomy 16:20

ABBREVIATIONS

Unless otherwise indicated, all translations are my own. At times I modify existing translations to provide a terminology consistent throughout this book. Sometimes I will also provide alternate translations of the same terms depending on context.