Heidegger and authenticity from resoluteness to releasement Mahon O'Brien.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Brien, Mahon, author.

Series:

Continuum studies in continental philosophy.

Continuum studies in continental philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976.

Heidegger, Martin.

Authenticity (Philosophy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

NIPPOD.

Place of Publication:

London New York Continuum 2011.

Summary:

Heidegger's thinking in the decades following the publication of Being and Time is often deemed irreconcilable with that work. Critics contrast the notion of "resoluteness" in Being and Time with Heidegger's post-war account of "releasement" in an attempt to establish a discrepancy between the allegedly voluntarist humanism of his early work and the supposedly 'anti-humanist' thinking of his later work. By contrast, Mahon O'Brien argues for the structural and thematic coherence of Heidegger's movement from authenticity to the search for an authentic free relation to the world - as captured by the term "releasement". By demonstrating the structural and thematic unity of Heidegger's thought in its entirety, O'Brien paves the way for a more measured and philosophically grounded understanding of the issues at stake in the Heidegger controversy.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Being and Time: A New Departure

2. The Initial Version of the Dynamic: The Turn to Authenticity

3. Introduction to Metaphysics: From Publicness to Gestell

4. Gestell and the Dynamic of Co-Disclosure

5. Heidegger and the Continual Re-turn: A Tale of Two Letters, Interviews and Essays

Conclusion: The Way Ahead

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index

ISBN:

9781472546647

1472546644

9781441196415

1441196412

OCLC:

880457875