GRGR(5): Weissmann & Heidegger: being-towards-death

[Terrance F. Flaherty]

Well, I'm probably the wrong guy to answer this, since in my Non-Postmodern mind,  Ontic, Epistemic, and Semantic, are not at all confused, however, your post does tie into the dogs, as Pynchon's black irony is here like that of Gunter Grass, who has Tulla living in Harras's kennel like a dog (how's
that for a simple metaphor), and like Pointsman's dog hunting, the hunt for the Fuhrer's dog in Dog Years, directs the reader  to consider the "unspeakable" of war as the language he uses to describe these scenes is couched, appropriately, in a parody of the language of Heidegger, the great
Philosopher, so important to the war.

Kevin Won wrote:

> I'm going to have to review my Heidegger again, but the Phenomenological Being-Towards-Death aspect of Dazien seems a definite thread woven in the GR tapestry.  I hope someone more knowledgeable on Heidegger will expand on this so I don't reveal too many ignorances explicating Herr doctor myself.
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> >>> Lorentzen / Nicklaus <lorentzen-nicklaus at t-online.de> 06/28 2:04 PM >>>
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>  "Tonight he feels the potency of every word: words are only an eye-twitch away
>   from the things they stand for." (p. 100)
>
>   With his loving of the (late) Rilke & his urge to a change that goes far
>   beyond the political dimension, Weissmann is somehow like Heidegger. In the
>   'Humanismusbrief' it says: "Die Sprache ist das Haus des Seins" (- about
>   "Language is the house of being"). Could be connected to the above quoted
>   passage. And Heidegger also says: "Ereignis ist eignendes Er-äugnis". This is
>   probably untranslatable, but "Er-äugnis" is not too for away from
>   "eye-twitch". The term "Ereignis", a core category og the late Heidegger,
>   might be "occurence" or "incident" or "happening" or "event".
>
>    Best, KFL