Martin Heidegger : key concepts / edited by Bret W. Davis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davis, Bret W.

Series:

Key concepts (Acumen Publishing)

Key concepts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976--Criticism and interpretation.

Heidegger, Martin.

Philosophy--Germany.

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 288 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Martin Heidegger's writings are among the most formidable of recent philosophy. The pivotal concepts of his thought are for many the source of both fascination and frustration. Yet any student of philosophy needs to become acquainted with Heidegger’s thought. Martin Heidegger: Key Concepts is designed to facilitate this. Each chapter introduces and explains a key Heideggerian concept, or a cluster of closely related concepts. Together, the chapters cover the full range of Heidegger’s thought in its early, middle, and later phases. The book provides both a comprehensive introduction to Heidegger’s work for the beginning student and an accessible reference for more advanced readers interested in particular aspects of Heidegger’s thought.

Contents:

Introduction : key concepts in Heidegger's thinking of being / Bret W. Davis

Hermeneutics of facticity / Theodore Kisiel

Phenomenology : Heidegger after Husserl and the Greeks / Günter Figal

Dasein as being-in-the-world / Timothy Stapleton

Care and authenticity / Charles E. Scott

Being and time / Richard Polt

The turn / Thomas Sheehan

Heidegger, National Socialism and the German people / Charles Bambach

Truth as alētheia and the clearing of beyng / Daniel O. Dahlstrom

The work of art / Jonathan Dronsfield

Ereignis : the event of appropriation / Daniela Vallega-Neu

The history of being / Peter Warnek

Will and Gelassenheit / Bret W. Davis

Ge-stell : enframing as the essence of technology / Hans Ruin

Language and poetry / John T. Lysaker

The fourfold / Andrew J. Mitchell

Ontotheology and the question of god(s) / Ben Vedder

Heidegger on Christianity and divinity : a chronological compendium / Bret W. Davis

Chronology of Heidegger's life.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49225-0

1-317-49226-9

1-315-71154-0

1-283-45681-8

9786613456816

1-84465-447-8

9781315711546

OCLC:

1000432376