(P/B) THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEIDEGGER

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The Philosophy of Heidegger is a readable and reliable overview of Heidegger's thought, suitable both for beginning and advanced students. A striking and refreshing feature of the work is how free it is from the jargon and standard idioms of academic philosophical writing. Written in straightforward English, with many illustrations and concrete examples, the book provides a very accessible introduction to key Heideggerian notions, such as thrownness, the clearing, authenticity, falling, moods, nullity, temporality, Ereignis, enframing, dwelling and Gelassenheit. Organized under clear, no-nonsense headings, Watt's exposition avoids complicated involvement with the secondary literature, or with wider philosophical debates, which gives his writing a fresh, immediate character. Ranging widely across Heidegger's numerous writings, the book displays an impressively thorough knowledge of his corpus, navigating the difficult relationship between earlier and later Heidegger texts, and gives the reader a strong sense of the fundamental motives and overall continuity of Heidegger's thought. With a comprehensive glossary of Heideggerian terms, which provides insightful explanations of his unique use of language, the book will be an asset for any student grappling with Heidegger's challenging work. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

1. Heidegger's Life
2. The meaning of life: The question of Being
3. The central ideas in Being and Time
4. Conscience, guilt and authenticity
5. Being-towards-death
6. Dasein's primordial temporality
7. The "truth of Aletheia" and language
8. Poetry, poets and Holderlin
9. Art
10. Technology
11. Tao, Zen and Heidegger
12. Heidegger's Politics