The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger by Charles Guignon
Martin Heidegger is now widely recognised alongside Wittgenstein as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He redefined the central task of philosophy as the investigation of the nature of being, and has exerted a profound impact on literary theory, theology, psychotherapy, political theory, aesthetics, environmental studies, as well as mainstream philosophy. His thought has contributed to the recent turn to hermeneutics in philosophy and the social sciences, and to current post-modern and post-structuralist developments. The disclosing of his deep involvement in the ideology of Nazism has provoked much debate about the relation of philosophy to politics. This volume contains both overviews of Heidegger's life and works and analysis of his most important work, Being and Time. In addition there are discussions of Heidegger's thought in relation to mysticism, traditional theology, ecology, psychotherapy and the philosophy of language. The volume also contains the first in-depth study of what has been called Heidegger's second greatest work, the Beitrage zur Philosophie.
"..a generous and thought-provoking sample of recent scholarship on Heidegger." Philosophy and Phenomenological Research
"Heidegger's legacy is well-treated by this new collection, which should prove helpful in the dissemination of this thought in the English speaking world." Canadian Philosophical Review
"Heidegger's legacy is well-treated by this new collection, which should prove helpful in the dissemination of this thought in the English speaking world." Canadian Philosophical Review
Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida, Charles Guignon He is the editor of The Good Life, The Existentialists, and Richard Rorty, and the author of Heidegger and the Problem of Knowing and On Being Authentic.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521385978 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521385970 |
| Title | The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger |
| Author | Charles Guignon |
| Series | Cambridge Companions To Philosophy |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 1993-02-26 |
| Number of pages | 411 |
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