The remains of being : hermeneutic ontology after metaphysics / Santiago Zabala.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zabala, Santiago, 1975-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Ontology.

Metaphysics.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Columbia University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Basic Concepts, Heidegger claims that "Being is the most worn-out" and yet also that Being "remains constantly available." Santiago Zabala radicalizes the consequences of these little known but significant affirmations. Revisiting the work of Jacques Derrida, Reiner Schürmann, Jean-Luc Nancy, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Ernst Tugendhat, and Gianni Vattimo, he finds these remains of Being within which ontological thought can still operate. Being is an event, Zabala argues, a kind of generosity and gift that generates astonishment in those who experience it. This sense of wonder has fueled questions of meaning for centuries-from Plato to the present day. Postmetaphysical accounts of Being, as exemplified by the thinkers of Zabala's analysis, as well as by Nietzsche, Dewey, and others he encounters, don't abandon Being. Rather, they reject rigid, determined modes of essentialist thought in favor of more fluid, malleable, and adaptable conceptions, redefining the pursuit and meaning of philosophy itself.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Being Destroyed: Heidegger's Destruction of Being as Presence

2. After the Destruction: The Remains of Being

3. Generating Being Through Interpretation: The Hermeneutic Ontology of Remnants

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613629579

9781280599736

1280599731

9780231520041

0231520042

OCLC:

826476476