Heidegger's Being and Time

A Reader's Guide
Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8264-8609-7
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 264 g

Reihe: Reader's Guides

Reader's Guide to one of the most influential and complex texts of the twentieth century.

- Being and Time is studied widely and in detail - in many cases a whole module is devoted solely to the text
- It is a very difficult text, containing many new concepts and rejecting many of the basic assumptions of traditional philosophy. Students are highly likely to struggle with both the ideas and the style and therefore will welcome an accessible guide.
- Bill Blattner has been teaching Being and Time to both undergraduate and graduate students for 15 years. He has both a very clear understanding of the problems and questions it raises and carefully honed strategies for conveying and de-mystifying the revolutionary ideas it contains
- Continuum has a strong presence in Heidegger studies, publishing both a programme of translations of primary material and numerous secondary texts

Continuum's Reader's Guides are clear, concise and accessible introductions to classic works of philosophy. Each book explores the major themes, historical and philosophical context and key passages of a major philosophical text, guiding the reader toward a thorough understanding of often demanding material. Ideal for undergraduate students, the guides provide an essential resource for anyone who needs to get to grips with a philosophical text.

Heidegger's Being and Time is one of the most influential and controversial philosophical treatises of the 20th century. It had a profound impact on Sartre and Merleau-Ponty in their further development of phenomenology and existentialism, hugely influenced Gadamer's hermeneutics, and paved the way, partly directly and partly indirectly through Heidegger's later thought, for the emergence of deconstructionism. In addition to being a very important text, it is also a very difficult one. Heidegger presents a number of challenges to the reader, asking them to abandon many assumptions fundamental to traditional philosophy, such as the mind/body distinction and the concept of substance. The text also introduces a whole host of new concepts and terms and as such is a hugely challenging, yet fascinating, piece of philosophical writing.

In Heidegger's 'Being and Time': A Reader's Guide William Blattner explains the philosophical background against which the book was written and provides a clear and concise overview of the key themes and motifs. The book then examines this challenging text in details, guiding the reader to a clear understanding of Heidegger's work as a whole. Finally Blattner explores the reception and influence of the work and offers the student guidance on further reading. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential and challenging of texts.

Zielgruppe

Introductory Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blattner, William

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Existenzphilosophie, Lebensphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Metaphysik, Ontologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Context
2. Overview of themes
3. Reading the Text
4. Reception and Influence
5. Bibliography and Notes for Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

William Blattner is Associate Professor in the Philosophy Department at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, where he has been teaching Being & Time for 15 years. He is the author of Heidegger's Temporal Idealism (CUP 1999) and numerous articles and chapters on Heidegger.