Heidegger : an introduction / J. Jeremy Wisnewski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wisnewski, Jeremy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

xix, 185 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]

Summary:

This concise and accessible textbook examines German philosopher Martin Heidegger's entire body of work through the lens of his first and best-known book, Being and Time. This insightful, new text guides students through Heidegger's ideas without shying away from controversial issues and debates within the scholarship. An influential, twentieth-century scholar, Heidegger is often studied by opposing his early and later works. By unifying Being and Time with the rest of Heidegger's work, this book addresses the evolution of his thought across his lifetime. The text features a glossary of Greek, Latin, and English terms and a guide for reading the book in conjunction with Heidegger's writings. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 The Philosopher from Meβkirch 1

The Early Years 1

The Encounter with Phenomenology 3

Heidegger as a Revolutionary 4

Being and Time: A Work of Genius 5

The "Turn" 7

Heidegger's Involvement with the Nazi Party 7

Conclusion 13

Notes 14

2 The Forgotten Question 15

Is There a Real Question about the Meaning of Being? 15

Beginning to Question Being 18

The Ontic and Ontology 22

Interpreting Dasein 24

Hermeneutics 25

Phenomenology 26

Notes 29

3 Being-in-the-World 31

What Is Dasein? Some Preliminary Considerations 31

Traditional Investigations of Human Beings 35

Dasein as Being-in-the-World: A Primer 37

The Ready-to-Hand 40

Heidegger's Rejection of the Cartesian World 47

An Objection to Heidegger's "World" 49

Conclusion 53

Notes 53

4 Everyday Understanding and Inauthenticity 55

The "Who" of Dasein 55

Being-With 58

Dasein as Being-There: State-of-Mind, Understanding, and Discourse 60

Discourse and Language 72

Inauthenticity and the "They" 75

Inauthentic Modes of Dasein (Being-There) 77

Dasein as "Falling" 82

Anxiety 84

Care 88

Poetic Confirmation 89

Conclusion 90

Notes 91

5 Truth and Reality: Implications of an Appropriate Interpretation of Dasein 93

Reality 93

Truth 96

Conclusion 101

Notes 101

6 Death and Authenticity 103

The Problem(s) with Death 103

What Is Still Out-Standing 105

Being-toward-Death and the Everydayness of Dasein 109

Authenticity and Death 110

Conscience and Guilt 112

Wanting to Have a Conscience 117

Anticipatory Resoluteness 120

The Relationship between Authenticity and Inauthenticity 122

The Authentic Life 126

Conclusion 130

Notes 130

7 Temporality and History 131

Temporality as the Ontological Meaning of Care 131

The Temporality of Circumspective Concern 134

Temporality and Theoretical Observation 136

Temporality and History 140

Authenticity and Temporality 141

Inauthentic Temporality 144

Conclusion 145

Notes 145

8 The Later Heidegger: Technology, Thinking, and Dwelling 147

The Turn 147

The Essence of Technology 148

The History of Being: From the Pre-Socratics to Us 152

Art and Unconcealment 154

Dwelling and Homelessness 156

Thinking and Dwelling 158

Conclusion 160

Note 161

9 The Shadow of Heidegger 163

A Quick Terminology Guide for Getting Started 167

Common Terms in Being and Time 167

Common Greek Terms in Being and Time 168

Common Latin Terms in Being and Time 169.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.

ISBN:

9781442219250

1442219254

9781442219267

1442219262

9781442219274

1442219270

OCLC:

808007271