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Heidegger and ethics is a contentious conjunction of terms. Martin Heidegger himself rejected the notion of ethics, while his endorsement of Nazism is widely seen as unethical. This study examines the complex and controversial issues involved in bringing them together. By working backwards through his work, from his 1964 claim that philosophy has been completed, to ""Being and Time"", his first major work, Joanna Hodge questions Heidegger's denial that his enquires were concerned with ethics. She discovers a form of ethics in Heidegger's thinking which elucidates his important distinction between metaphysics and philosophy. Against many contemporary views, she proposes therefore that ethics can be retrieved and questions the relation between ethics and metaphysics that Heidegger had made so pervasive.

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Author:   Joanna Hodge
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780415032889

ISBN 10:   0415032881
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   16 March 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Section 1 Preamble: On ethics and metaphysics:; Section 01-01-01 Philosophy, politics, time; Section 01-01-02 Retrieving philosophy; Section 02 2 Reason, grounds, technology:; Section 02-01-01 The question of technology; Section 02-01-02 Retrieving Being and Time; Section 03 3 Humanism and homelessness:; Section 03-01-01 Varieties of transcendence; Section 03-01-02 What is humanism?; Section 04 4 What is it to be human?; Section 04-01-01 Solitary speech: metaphysics as anthropology; Section 04-01-02 Elucidations of ambiguity; Section 04-01-03 Heidegger and Hölderlin: together on separate mountains; Section 05 5 Freedom and violence; Section 05-01-01 On nature and history; Section 05-01-02 Divisions within history; Section 05-01-03 The history of philosophy; Section 05-01-04 The figure of Oedipus; Section 06 6 Being and Time; Section 06-01-01 Disquotational metaphysics; Section 06-01-02 The analysis of Dasein; Section 06-01-03 Fundamental ontology as originary ethics; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Reviews

This is a thought-provoking work which makes an important contribution to Heidegger studies. It will stimulate debate about the nature and possibility of ethical thinking and engagement in our postmodern times. -Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick Joanna Hodge has written a book that does not present Heidegerrian ethics so much as a heidegerrian foundation for ethics with ethical ramifications. To her credit, she confronts Heidegger's personal failings in the political realm head on and makes no effort to minimize them.. - The Canadian Catholic Review What resources does the Heideggerian corpus offer us for thinking about ethics? In a timely retrieval of Heidegger's philosophy, Joanna Hodge pursues this question . . . Hodge's approach neither allows Heidegger to dictate the terms of the debate, nor refuses to learn form Heidegger where his texts offer the promise of ethical thinking. -Tina Chanter, Memphis State University

This is a thought-provoking work which makes an important contribution to Heidegger studies. It will stimulate debate about the nature and possibility of ethical thinking and engagement in our postmodern times. <br>-Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick <br> Joanna Hodge has written a book that does not present Heidegerrian ethics so much as a heidegerrian foundation for ethics with ethical ramifications. To her credit, she confronts Heidegger's personal failings in the political realm head on and makes no effort to minimize them.. <br>- The Canadian Catholic Review <br> What resources does the Heideggerian corpus offer us for thinking about ethics? In a timely retrieval of Heidegger's philosophy, Joanna Hodge pursues this question . . . Hodge's approach neither allows Heidegger to dictate the terms of the debate, nor refuses to learn form Heidegger where his texts offer the promise of ethical thinking. <br>-Tina Chanter, Memphis State University <br>

'This is a courageous book which, in many ways, breaks new ground. Hodge is bold enough to reach into the hornet's nest of political recriminations and to retrieve the 'Heidegger case' for reflective inquiry.' - Political Studies 'An invaluable contribution to Heidegger scholarship.' - Womens Philosophy Review

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