The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521528887 ISBN 13: 9780521528887

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Martin Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He transformed mainstream philosophy by defining its central task as asking the 'question of being'. His thought has contributed to the turn to hermeneutics and to postmodernism and poststructuralism. Moreover, the disclosure of his deep involvement in Nazism has provoked much debate about the relation of philosophy to politics. This edition brings to the fore other works, as well as alternative approaches to scholarship. The essays cover topics such as Heidegger's conception of phenomenology, his relation to Kant and Husserl, his account of truth, and his stand on the realism/anti-realism debate. This edition includes a new preface by the editor, revised versions of several essays from the first edition, and an exhaustive bibliography, providing guidance for both newcomers to Heidegger's work and established scholars.

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Book Description

This edition brings to the fore other works by Heidegger, as well as alternative approaches to his scholarship. Included here are a new preface, revised versions of several essays, and an exhaustive bibliography, providing guidance for those new to Heidegger's work and for established scholars.

About the Author

Charles Guignon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Florida. He is the author of Heidegger and the Problem of Knowledge and On Being Authentic, and editor of The Good Life, The Existentialists, and Richard Rorty.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0521528887
• ISBN 13: 9780521528887
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 456
• Editor: Guignon Charles B.