..". Heidegger's reading of The Ister is thoughtful and rich. Itprovides his readers with the tools to build on his interpretation and to correctany missteps without doing violence to the whole." -- Review ofMetaphysicsMartin Heidegger's 1942 lecture course interpretsFriedrich H lderlin's hymn "The Ister" within the context of H lderlin'spoetic and philosophical work, with particular emphasis on H lderlin's dialoguewith Greek tragedy. Revealing of Heidegger's thought of the period are hisdiscussions of the meaning of "the political" and "thenational, " in which he emphasizes the difficulty and the necessity of finding"one's own" in and through a dialogue with "theforeign.