Overview

""The Heidegger Reader"" brings key texts from the entire course of Heidegger's philosophical career into one volume. Many of the selections, translated here for the first time, offer new insight into Heidegger's thought for both the beginning student and the experienced scholar. There is a critical and interpretive introduction by Gunter Figal that traces the many thematic paths that are necessary for developing a comprehensive understanding of Heidegger's most important work. The carefully chosen readings are designed to reflect the concerns that are most relevant to philosophy today. Special features include an authoritative chronology of Heidegger's life, a current list of the Complete Works, and a definitive translation of Heidegger's controversial interview with Der Spiegel.

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Author:   Gunter Figal ,  Jerome Veith
Publisher:   Indiana University Press
Imprint:   Indiana University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.654kg
ISBN:  

9780253353719

ISBN 10:   0253353718
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   12 October 2009
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Translator's Foreword; Preface Introduction; 1. The Environmental Experience; 2. Indication of the Hermeneutical Situation; 3. The Problem of Being and Time; 4. Transcendence; 5. Description of the Situation: Fundamental Attunement [Grundstimmung]; 6. The Projection of Being in Science and Art; 7. The Self-Assertion of the German University; 8. Holderlin and the Essence of Poetry; 9. On the Origin of the Work of Art (First Version); 10. ""As When On a Holiday...""; 11. Ereignis; 12. On Ernst Junger (1); 13. On Ernst Junger (2); 14. The Age of the World Picture; 15. On Nietzsche; 16. Logos and Language; 17. Bremen Lectures: Insight into That Which Is; 18. The Principle of Identity; 19. The Language of Johann Peter Hebel; 20. Letter to Father William J. Richardson (1962); 21. Art and Space; 22. Cezanne Spiegel-Interview with Martin Heidegger (23 September 1966); Sources; Chronology; List of the Gesamtausgabe; Notes

Reviews

An excellent synopsis of Heidegger's philosophical writing and exemplary in its translation of Heidegger's German into clear, readable English. Robert Metcalf, University of Colorado, Denver

Author Information

Günter Figal is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Freiburg in Breisgau, Germany. He is the author of several books on Gadamer, Heidegger, hermeneutics, and social and political philosophy. Jerome Veith is completing his doctorate in philosophy at Boston College.

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