| Summary: | In a deconstructive fashion, this paper analyses the Heideggerian concept
of Bodenständigkeit (“rootedness”) from the point of view of the Boden
(“earth”, “ground”) in general, that is, before its diffraction as
Bodenständigkeit and Bodenlösigkeit (“uprootedness”). Whereas Heidegger
makes of the concepts of “description” and “expression” two species of the
genre Bodenständigkeit, we will proceed otherwise, and derive them from
the general concept of Bodenlösigkeit (“uprootedness”). In this way,
following the threads of the poetry of Kevin Hart, we will suggest that it is
possible to affirm that all poetry is about finitude, contingency and destiny,
both from the point of view of its form and of its content. In the course of
our analysis, we will wonder about the role of identity and alterity in the
construction of Australian identity.
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