Die Genesis von Hölderlins Begriff der Sprache aus mediengeschichtlicher Sicht
The Genesis of Hölderlin̕ s Concept of Language from the Perspective of Media Theory

Summary/Abstract: This essay explores the genesis of the concept of language in Hölderlin’s work and its relation to the history of the media. The early stage of language development is the purely phonetic unity of words. This is followed by its setting in the spiritual interior. The liberation from this towards a general interpretation of word unity occurs through an enthusiastic language that makes writing communicable and at the same time exposes it to the danger of forgetting the original meaning of the words. Hölderlin reacts to this with a recognition of the status quo of modern language or with a fortification of enthusiastic language through the legality of writing or with a reduction of signifiers.

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