Engaging Heidegger (New Studies in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics) - Hardcover

Capobianco, Richard M

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9781442641594: Engaging Heidegger (New Studies in Phenomenology and Hermeneutics)

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ISBN 10: 1442641592 ISBN 13: 9781442641594

Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division, 2010

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One of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, Martin Heidegger was primarily concerned with the ‘question of Being.’ However, recent scholarship has tended to marginalize the importance of the name of Being in his thought. Through a focused reading of Heidegger's texts, and especially his late and often overlooked Four Seminars (1966-1973), Richard Capobianco counters this trend by redirecting attention to the centrality of the name of Being in Heidegger's lifetime of thought.

Capobianco gives special attention to Heidegger's resonant terms Ereignis and Lichtung and reads them as saying and showing the very same fundamental phenomenon named ‘Being itself ’. Written in a clear and approachable manner, the essays in Engaging Heidegger examine Heidegger's thought in view of ancient Greek, medieval, and Eastern thinking, and they draw out the deeply humane character of his ‘meditative thinking.’

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Richard Capobianco is Professor and Chair in the Philosophy department at Stonehill College.

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Advance Praise for 'Engaging Heidegger':
"'Engaging Heidegger' is truly a pleasure to read. With impeccable scholarship and remarkable lucidity, Richard Capobianco combines an appreciation of Heidegger's speculative depth with an evaluation that evinces solid common sense and a thoughtful, humane outlook."
Richard Velkley, Department of Philosophy, Tulane University

"In a very valid sense, then, Capobianco's readings add up to what may legitimately be called an engaging of the 'whole' Heidegger.... Taken in sum, these essays shine by reason of the thoroughness of their textual foundation, the clarity of their presentation, and the simplicity of their relatively jargon-free style."
From the Foreword by William J. Richardson

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