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Adam Sharr

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Adam Sharr is Professor of Architecture at Newcastle University, Principal of Adam Sharr Architects, Co-Editor of Architectural Research Quarterly (Cambridge University Press) and Series Editor of Thinkers for Architects (Routledge).

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After reading Heidegger’s essay ‘Building Dwelling Thinking’ I figured that I might as well see what some of its real world implications may have been, especially in how they were reflected in Heidegger’s own life and possibly in the field of architecture more generally. Well, lo and behold, it appears that the joke was really on me. Heidegger’s Hut did exactly what it said it would do, and I’ve wasted a good few hours reading an entire goddamn book solely dedicated to a bloody hut. I thought it might have served as an impetus to a larger discussion, and it evokes them at times, specifically at the end when it speaks of the tension between provincialism and cosmopolitism in Heidegger’s life as well as retelling Paul Celan’s notorious visit to Todtnauberg (Totenauberg, haha), but at the end of the day the majority of Sharr’s work is about the number of beds crammed into a bedroom, or whether or not a certain hook or bench was used to hang up Heidegger’s damp clothes to dry in the afternoon sun after one of his many walks. The foreword and prologue respectively do a far more interesting service to Heidegger’s work, and they really do a great job of inflating this really bland piece of work and making it sound like it’s the dog’s bollocks (or the bee’s knees, if you’re squeamish). But then again that blandness may be due in large part to the fact that Sharr himself is an architect and that the majority of his interest stems from that and that alone. On the other hand, I was really rather hoping for something a little more technical and abstract - more on Hölderlin, less on the type of shingles used in construction.

Fortunately, however, Sharr does somewhat manage to redeem his project by bringing up perhaps one of the greatest, yet curiously unspoken, controversies in all of Heidegger’s corpus. Sharr unravels that pernicious kernel in what Heidegger's legacy has left for us, and keenly diagnoses that around which many Heideggerian scholars still have to orbit if they ever wish to get a true grasp of his thought. In an ironic twist of fate Heidegger’s own Destruktion of the history of ontology, his sweeping away of that bothersome-millennia-old-ontic-sedimentation, his intimidation of the great thinkers of Western history, have all been sadistically turned against him by Sharr - and the results he manages to glean by such a cruel operation are truly incredible. Perhaps in the grand scheme of things Sharr’s formulations may prove decisive in answering one of life’s most perennial and essential questions. In the same way that Foucault predicted that this century would be Deleuzian, I too hold a peculiar yet undeniably steadfast belief that the 22nd century will be distinctly Sharrist (or Sharrean, or whatever suffix is most appropriate, blow me).

What is the question you may ask?

Did Heidegger actually buy and own specific furniture for when it was sunny out? Or did the philosopher just repurpose the furniture he already had in his hut for when the climate got more agreeable and temperate? Crazy stuff guys. I apologise in advance for writing this fatuous review and for me wasting your time, you are all allowed to leave now, pleasant travels.
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theoaustin | 1 annan recension | Dec 26, 2023 |
Heidegger is an important philosopher, a Nazi collaborator, both a very private person and a political creature. This book is about one aspect of his life.
 
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mykl-s | 1 annan recension | Aug 11, 2023 |

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11
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133
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½ 3.4
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ISBN
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