How to Read Heidegger

Wrathall pays particular attention to Heidegger's revolutionary analysis of human existence as inextricably shaped by a shared world. This leads to an exploration of Heidegger's views on the banality of public life and the possibility of authentic anticipation of death as a response to that banality. Wrathall reviews Heidegger's scandalous involvement with National Socialism, situating it in the context of Heidegger's views about the movement of world history. He also explains Heidegger's important accounts of truth, art, and language.

Extracts are taken from Heidegger's magnum opus, Being and Time, as well as a variety of his best-known essays and lectures.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 04/17/2006
ISBN: 9780393328806
Pages: 135
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2007 pg. 6