Dwelling in the Abyss: Society in Werner Herzog and Martin Heidegger

This article articulates a dialogue between Werner Herzog’s films and Martin Heidegger’s philosophy to illuminate human dwelling. In the light of Heidegger’s ideas of dwelling, thrownness, they-self, authenticity, abyss and being-towards-death, I look into the abyss of society as represented by Herz...

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Main Author: Haotian Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2025-02-01
Series:Film-Philosophy
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Online Access:https://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/film.2025.0296
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