Transformation of Hermeneutics in Heidegger's Black Notebooks

Abstract

The Black Notebooks, posthumous manuscripts by philosopher Martin Heidegger, are difficult to connect due to their fragmented character. There are also no new concepts to be found as in his previously published works. However, these notebooks contain a unique sphere of thought on the concept of Being that is separate from Heidegger's other writings and lectures. The Black Notebooks can be seen as the final “instructions and notes” for all the other Heidegger's collected works and form a closely linked chain of thought. In the Black Notebooks, Heidegger presents a new framework of thought prepared for further reflection on his own works and for a radical confrontation with them. They contain the transformation of the concept of hermeneutics, through self-criticism, the deepening of Being-historical thinking, and the retroactive consideration of the event of Thinking. This transformation of hermeneutics in the Black Notebooks allows for a deeper understanding of Heidegger's thought as a whole and opens various possibilities of a future time-space in which we will re-live.