1st Edition

The Artist-Philosopher in the Age of Addiction Heidegger’s Climatology

By George Smith Copyright 2025
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

George Smith argues that modern humanity suffers from a late-stage, pre-fatal addiction to scientific-technological thinking. Like most pre-fatal addictions, this one will most likely result in one of three ways: misery, extinction, or human transformation. The question remains, wherein lies the third way? According to Smith, mankind’s chronic and as yet undiagnosed sickness originates in early... Read more

Preface  Introduction  1. Shamans  2. Wittgenstein  3. Heidegger, Hölderlin, and the Dao  4. The Anthropocene  5. Heidegger’s Bottom  6. “Reverse is the Movement of the Tao”

Biography

George Smith is Founder, President Emeritus, and Edgar E. Coons, Jr. Professor of New Philosophy at the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts, USA.