Heidegger

An Introduction

By (author) J. Jeremy Wisnewski

Publication date:

06 November 2012

Length of book:

206 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

ISBN-13: 9781442219267

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. An influential, twentieth-century scholar, Heidegger is often studied by opposing his early and later works. This insightful, new text guides students through Heidegger’s ideas without shying away from controversial issues and debates within the scholarship. 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.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
List of Tables
Chapter 1: The Philosopher from Meβkirch
Chapter 2: The Forgotten Question
Chapter 3: Being-in-the-World
Chapter 4: Inauthenticity and Everyday Understanding
Chapter 5: Truth and Reality: Implications of an Appropriate Interpretation of Dasein
Chapter 6: Death and Authenticity
Chapter 7: Temporality and History
Chapter 8: The Later Heidegger: Technology, Thinking, and Dwelling
Chapter 9: The Shadow of Heidegger: A Few Concluding Remarks
A Quick Terminology Guide for Getting Started
Common Greek Terms in Being and Time
Common Latin Terms in Being and Time
Selected Bibliography

The beauty of Jeremy Wisnewski's crystal clear and reader-friendly explication of the main ideas in Heidegger's magnum opus, Being and Time, is that it locates these ideas in the context of the entire evolution of Heidegger's thought. The book will be exceedingly valuable to students of Heidegger's work.