tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12975182.post113622839053727064..comments2017-01-15T16:30:51.865-06:00Comments on A Big Jewish Blog: Norman RespondsE. M. Selingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00426524354823232002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12975182.post-1136252850983971512006-01-02T19:47:00.000-06:002006-01-02T19:47:00.000-06:00Eric,I'm moving my son to NYC tomorrow so he can b...Eric,<BR/><BR/>I'm moving my son to NYC tomorrow so he can begin his brilliant literary career, so again, I will be brief. Klingons aside, <I>Geworfenheit</I> is Heidegger's term for our state of "having been thrown" into existence, which as I understand it (especially via Hans Jonas in <I>The Gnostic Religion</I>) always involves loss and decenteredness. Bloom uses the term in translation, via Jonas, as well. The kind of Jewishness we've been wrestling with, aside from its gnostic flavoring, certainly is related to that kind of disconnectedness. For Heidegger the solution is opening oneself to Being; perhaps for us, it's returning to the Law, which, as <I>ribboni</I>, we can't manage. So again, our poetry must remain adrift and diasporic. Of course, I'm open to alternatives...<BR/><BR/>Otherwise, I totally agree with you about investigating nostalgia. I think we can even speak of the uses of nostalgia, which may apply to some of my work. And yes, that's where Keats and Stevens may be too. So am I in good company or what?<BR/><BR/>Happy trails...Norman Finkelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03673105579717018812noreply@blogger.com