Heidegger's later philosophy / Julian Young.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Young, Julian.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Physical Description:

xi, 132 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Heidegger's later philosophy has often been regarded as a lapse into unintelligible mysticism. While not ignoring its deep and difficult complexities, Julian Young's book explains in simple and straightforward language just what it is all about. It examines Heidegger's identification of loss of 'the gods', the violence of technology, and humanity's 'homelessness' as symptoms of the destitution of modernity, and his notion that overcoming 'oblivion of Being' is the essence of a turning to a post-destitute, genuinely post-modern existence. Young argues that Heidegger's conception of such an overcoming is profoundly fruitful with respect to the ancient quest to discover the nature of the good life. His book will be an invaluable resource for both students and scholars of Heidegger's works.

Contents:

1 Being, truth and metaphysics 5

2 The 'destitution' of modernity 31

The physician of culture

Loss of the gods

3 The essence of modern technology 37

Ancient technology

Modern technology

The festival

4 Dwelling 63

Death

The human essence

5 The turning 75

The rejection of Luddism

Natural science

6 Fatalism 83

Quietism?

7 The ethics of dwelling 91

The fourfold

The gods

Conservation and techne

8 Being a guardian 105

Caring-for 'earth'

Caring-for 'sky'

Caring-for 'gods'

Caring-for 'mortals'

9 Fostering the growth of the saving Power 122

Love of the neighbour

Cells of resistance.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521809223

0521006090

OCLC:

46884301