Location: "5170" OISE Building, University of Toronto, 252 Bloor St. West,Toronto, ON
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Heidegger, "World"and the nature of political life-First part: Lecture

Second Part: Answer to questions 

----------------------------------------------------------------

Shannon Hoff is Associate Professor of Social and Political Philosophy at the Institute for Christian Studies, and President of the Canadian Society for Continental Philosophy. Please check her page below:
http://faculty.icscanada.edu/shoff

Shannon explains about her talk:
In "Being and Time", Heidegger introduced the phenomenological concept of “world.” I will look at a few short passages from his other writings to explore the meaning of this important notion. I will be particularly interested in reflecting upon the importance this idea has for developing a critical theory of contemporary politics.

Please read the following texts for this session:

1. Basic Problems in Phenomenology, pp. 162-170
http://bit.ly/1wfMJpn

2. “Origin of the Work of Art,” pp. 20-23 
http://bit.ly/1wfMMBm

3. “Letter on Humanism,” pp. 263-67 
http://bit.ly/12kg6JN