On Heidegger's Being and Time - Hardcover

Critchley, Simon; Schürmann, Reiner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415775957 ISBN 13: 9780415775953

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

On Heidegger's Being and Time is an outstanding exploration and elucidation of Heidegger's most important work by two major philosophers, providing a master class in reading a philosophical classic. Simon Critchley begins by arguing that we must see Being and Time as a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenology, particularly his theories of intentionality, categorical intuition and the phenomenological concept of the a priori. Consequently, we must look at Heidegger's early work, reading him 'forward', if we are to make sense of the most important question Heidegger set himself: the question of Being. In contrast, Schurmann urges us to read Heidegger 'backward', arguing that his later work is the key to unravelling Being and Time.Through a close and compelling reading of the first eight sections of Being and Time Schurmann sets out three trajectories that shape the path of Heidegger's thinking: a transcendental analytic of Dasein, which demonstrates that Dasein's being is time; a fundamental ontology, which leads to an understanding of Being as time; and a historical destruction of the history of ontology which allows us to retrieve the question of Being through history or tradition. This is the first time that Schurmann's renowned lectures on Heidegger have been published. Schurmann and Critchley also explore and debate further key themes in Heidegger's work, including authenticity, his retrieval of the notion of 'wonder', and the vexed issue of the relationship between Heidegger's philosophy and his politics. With a helpful introduction by Steven Levine placing Schurmann and Critchley's arguments in context, On Heidegger's Being and Time is essential reading for anyone interested in Heidegger, phenomenology and one of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century.

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Synopsis:

"On Heidegger's Being and Time" is an outstanding exploration of Heidegger's most important work by two major philosophers. Simon Critchley argues that we must see "Being and Time" as a radicalization of Husserl's phenomenology, particularly his theories of intentionality, categorial intuition, and the phenomenological concept of the a priori. This leads to a reappraisal and defense of Heidegger's conception of phenomenology. In contrast, Reiner Schurmann urges us to read Heidegger 'backward', arguing that his later work is the key to unravelling "Being and Time".Through a close reading of "Being and Time" Schurmann demonstrates that this work is ultimately aporetic because the notion of Being elaborated in his later work is already at play within it. This is the first time that Schurmann's renowned lectures on Heidegger have been published. The book concludes with Critchley's reinterpretation of the importance of authenticity in "Being and Time". Arguing for what he calls an 'originary inauthenticity', Critchley proposes a relational understanding of the key concepts of the second part of "Being and Time": death, conscience and temporality.

About the Author:

Reiner Schurmann (1941 93) was a German philosopher. He was born in Amsterdam and lived in Germany, Israel, and France before immigrating to the United States in the 1970s, where he was professor and director of the Department of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York. He is the author of three books on philosophy: Heidegger on Being and Acting, Wandering Joy, and Broken Hegemonies. Origins is his only work of fiction. He never wrote nor published in his native German.

Simon Critchley is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Essex, Directeur de Programme at the College International de Philosophie and Humboldt Fellow at the University of Frankfurt.

During his 39-year career, Levine logged 73,000+ hours working on films as a property master (or assistant) on 30+ feature films and countless episodes of television productions. Growing up in Hollywood, he took after his father, Allan Levine, a long-time property master who founded the well-known prop rental house on Venice Boulevard in LA, The Hand Prop Room. Steven lives with his wife and two dogs in Manhattan Beach, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0415775957
• ISBN 13: 9780415775953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176
• Editor: Levine Steven