Speaking of Silence in Heidegger

Wanda Torres Gregory is professor of philosophy at Simmons University.

Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: On the Way to Silence Chapter 1: From the Silent Call of Conscience and Reticent Discourse to the Silencing in Dread and Profound Boredom in Da-sein Chapter 2: Toward the Essence of Silence Chapter 3: The Poetics of Silence in a Dialogue with Hoelderlin Chapter 4: Sigetics and the Silence of the Other Beginning in the Appropriating-event Chapter 5: The Silent Origin of Language in the Confrontation with Herder Chapter 6: Toward the Originary Logic of Silence in a Translation of Heraclitus Chapter 7: Quiet Musings in the Project Toward the Stillness Chapter 8: The Soundless Peal of the Stillness Chapter 9: Sounding Out the Later Meanings of Silence Bibliography Index About the Author

"With her acute differentiation of human, primordial, and primeval forms of silence, Torres Gregory succeeds in demonstrating Heidegger's conceptions, early and late, of the dynamic and essential interplay of silence with language and truth. Her splendid study, at once appreciative and critical of Heidegger, is an enormous contribution that fills a considerable lacuna in contemporary examination of this enigmatic thinker." -- Daniel Dahlstrom, Boston University "Wanda Torres Gregory's compact and rich study places silence at the core of Heidegger's philosophy of language. With concise and original interpretations of both lesser-known and well-worn texts from Heidegger's corpus, she deftly traces the manifold registers of silence, reticence, resonance and sonority which enliven Heidegger's philosophy of language-if not his entire philosophical project." -- Adam Knowles, Drexel University