"The question of being was integral to the philosophy of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) and was a large factor in the development of his political and aesthetic thought. In Heidegger and the Question of
The project of modernity inaugurated by the Enlightenment typically posits Reason as the ultimate ground of self-reliant humanity. Melville's 'critique of modernity' questions this project in essentia
The Theatrum Mundi of Melville's thought investigated in this work signifies the representational space of modern subjectivity, which posits a "world" of value for itself. The representational theatre
