The Concept of Time: The First Draft of Being and Time (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) - Softcover

Heidegger, Martin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 144110562X ISBN 13: 9781441105622

Publisher: Continuum, 2011

Synopsis

The Concept of Time presents Heidegger's so-called Dilthey review, widely considered the first draft of his celebrated masterpiece, Being and Time. Here Heidegger reveals his deep commitment to Wilhelm Dilthey and Count Yorck von Wartenburg. He agrees with them that historicity must be at the centre of the new philosophy to come. However, he also argues for an ontological approach to history. From this ontological turn he develops the so-called categories of Dasein. This work demonstrates Heidegger's indebtedness to Yorck and Dilthey and gives further evidence to the view that thought about history is the germ cell of Being and Time. However, it also shows that Heidegger's commitment to Dilthey was not without reservations and that his analysis of Dasein actually employs Husserl's phenomenology. The work reopens the question of history in a broader sense, as Heidegger struggles to thematize history without aligning it with world-historical events. The text also provides a concise and readable summary of the main themes of Being and Time and as such is an ideal companion to that text.

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About the Authors

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is regarded as one of the twentieth century's most important philosophers.

Ingo Farin is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Tasmania, Australia. He is the translator (with James G. Hart) of Husserl's The Basic Problems of Phenomenology (Springer, 2006).

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 144110562X
• ISBN 13: 9781441105622
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112