Heidegger: The Man and the Thinker
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| Rating | : | 4.83 (733 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1412810841 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 367 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of The First Coming: How the Kingdom of God Became Christianity, Karl Rahner: The Philosophical Foundations and co-editor and translator of Edmund Husserl’s, Psychological and Transcendental Phenomenology, and The Confrontation with Heidegger.. Thomas Sheehan is professor emeritus of philosophy at L
He is indisputably controversial and influential. But method must not be taken to mean a technique or procedure for philosophical thinking. This brilliant collection confirms this truism, and is an excellent introduction to the work of this seminal thinker.. Rather, the topic of Heidegger's thought and his pursuit of that topic, the "what" and the "how," are one and the same thing.Heidegger writes, "Alles ist Weg," "Everything is way," and man's Being is to be on-the-way in essential movement. For all its breadth and complexity, Heidegger's perspective is quite simple: he is concerned with the meaning of Being as disclosure.Heidegger's life was almost as simple. He was a German professor, except for a brief but significant period in which he supported the Nazi regime. Athough much has been written about Heidegger, this may be the best single volume covering his life, career, and thought. Th is anthology addresses his complex but simple thought and his simple but complex life.In a real sense, Sheehan claims, there is no content to Heidegger's topic and legacy, only a method. Many people consider Ma
Listing of Chapters Dr. James D. Milojkovic Heidegger The Man and the Thinker. Edited by Thomas Sheehan, Chicago, Precedent Publishing, 1981.Contains:Preface and Introduction: Heidegger, the Project and the Fulfillment, Thomas SheehanHeidegger's Early Years: Fragments for a Philosophical Biography, Thomas SheehanA Recollection (1957), Martin HeideggerLetter to Rudolf Otto (1919)Why Do I Stay in the Provinces? (1934), Martin HeideggerHeidegger and the Nazis, Karl A. Moehling"Only a God Can Save Us": The Spiegel Inter. Four Stars Unreadable!!
About the Author Thomas Sheehan is professor emeritus of philosophy at Loyola University Chicago and professor of religious studies at Stanford University. He is the author of The First Coming: How the Kingdom of God Became Christianity, Karl Rahner: The Philosophical Foundations and co-editor and translator of Edmund Husserl’s, Psychological and Transcendental Phenomenology, and The Confrontation with Heidegger.