Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry

Drawing on Heidegger’s later writings on Hölderlin’s poetry, this paper explores the existential significance of being a researcher. Heidegger’s characterisation of our being-in-the-world is used as a basis for exploring Hölderlin’s poem, “Remembrance” in order to to throw light on the experience o...

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Main Author: Mo Mandi´c
Format: Article
Language:Danish
Published: Aalborg University Open Publishing 2014-12-01
Series:Akademisk Kvarter
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Online Access:https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3256
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description Drawing on Heidegger’s later writings on Hölderlin’s poetry, this paper explores the existential significance of being a researcher. Heidegger’s characterisation of our being-in-the-world is used as a basis for exploring Hölderlin’s poem, “Remembrance” in order to to throw light on the experience of undertaking research. The paper argues that the very phenomena of familiarity, disorientation, and illumination characterise this process of researching.
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spelling doaj.art-35c0669692924274b3e20a3e1427978d2024-04-02T02:15:00ZdanAalborg University Open PublishingAkademisk Kvarter1904-00082014-12-010910.5278/ojs.academicquarter.v0i09.3256Finding Oneself Lost in EnquiryMo Mandi´c Drawing on Heidegger’s later writings on Hölderlin’s poetry, this paper explores the existential significance of being a researcher. Heidegger’s characterisation of our being-in-the-world is used as a basis for exploring Hölderlin’s poem, “Remembrance” in order to to throw light on the experience of undertaking research. The paper argues that the very phenomena of familiarity, disorientation, and illumination characterise this process of researching. https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3256Heidegger, Hölderlin, Researcher, Lostness, Finding, Illumination, Astonishment
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Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry
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Heidegger, Hölderlin, Researcher, Lostness, Finding, Illumination, Astonishment
title Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry
title_full Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry
title_fullStr Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry
title_full_unstemmed Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry
title_short Finding Oneself Lost in Enquiry
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topic Heidegger, Hölderlin, Researcher, Lostness, Finding, Illumination, Astonishment
url https://journals.aau.dk/index.php/ak/article/view/3256
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