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Episode 5

Stuart Kelly addresses the philosophy of Martin Heidegger and his translator, Scottish philosopher John Macquarrie.

Scotland's historical relationship with France is often termed the Auld Alliance. By 1560 the Auld Alliance was more or less over but it has lingered on in the Scottish sentimental memory. Stuart Kelly argues that the real Auld Alliance was between Scotland and the "various principalities, kingdoms, cantons, duchies and electorates that would eventually comprise Germany and its German-speaking neighbours." In these essays he explores the relationship between Scotland and the German world as it has played out in literature, education, philosophy, the visual arts and historiography. In this essay Kelly addresses the philosophy of Martin Heidegger and his translator, the Scots philosopher John Macquarrie.

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