Like Heidegger’s sense of language, this book—to quote James Magrini and Elias Schwieler—is “a primordial gathering, revelatory, and articulating force.“ Indeed, this book is nothing less than an event, a force to be reckoned with, a profoundly edifying articulation of that ”rumbling silence” that promises to release us to the” original event of learning.“ In decades to come the Magrini and Schwieler study will be recognized as the ‘Turn’ in education scholars’ thinking about Heidegger.
This is a welcomed contribution to later Heidegger scholarship in the areas of philosophy, literature, poetry, and education. The authors’ analysis of how Heidegger’s later thought can and should contribute to ongoing research in education and pedagogical practices carves out a relatively nuanced path in Heidegger scholarship. The authors’ creative and thought-provoking book will be greatly appreciated and well received by the academic community at large. I highly recommend this book to those engaged in the more general academic conversation about the value and continued existence of the discipline of philosophy and the humanities in general.
Offering new and original readings of literature, poetry, and education as interpreted through the conceptual lens of Heidegger’s later philosophy of the “Turn”, this book helps readers understand Heidegger’s later thought and presents new takes on how to engage the themes that emerged from his later writing. Suggesting novel ways to consider Heidegger’s ideas on literature, poetry, and education, Magrini and Schwieler provide a deep understanding of the Turn, a topic not often explored in contemporary Heideggerian scholarship. Their inter- and extra-disciplinary postmodern approaches offer a nuanced examination, taking into account Heidegger’s controversial place in history and filling a gap in educational research.
James M. Magrini is Adjunct Professor of Western Philosophy and Ethics at the College of Dupage, USA.
Elias Schwieler is Associate Professor of Education at the Department of Education at Stockholm University, Sweden.