The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger

Authors:
  • DFDorothea Frede
    Dorothea Frede
  • TSThomas Sheehan
    Thomas Sheehan
  • TCTaylor Carman
    Taylor Carman
  • RDRobert J. Dostal
    Robert J. Dostal
  • WBWilliam Blattner
    William Blattner
  • DHDavid Couzens Hoy
    David Couzens Hoy
  • CTCharles Taylor
    Charles Taylor
  • PHPiotr Hoffman
    Piotr Hoffman
  • MWMark A. Wrathall
    Mark A. Wrathall
  • MZMichael E. Zimmerman
    Michael E. Zimmerman
  • JCJohn D. Caputo
    John D. Caputo
  • HDHubert L. Dreyfus
    Hubert L. Dreyfus
Editor:
  • CGCharles B. Guignon
    Charles B. Guignon
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Abstract
Martin Heidegger is now widely recognized as one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century. He transformed mainstream philosophy by defining its central task as asking the 'question of being'. His thought has contributed to the turn to hermeneutics and to postmodernism and poststructuralism. Moreover, the disclosure of his deep involvement in Nazism has provoked much debate about the relation of philosophy to politics. This edition brings to the fore other works, as well as alternative approaches to scholarship. The essays cover topics such as Heidegger's conception of phenomenology, his relation to Kant and Husserl, his account of truth, and his stand on the realism/anti-realism debate. This edition includes a new preface by the editor, revised versions of several essays from the first edition, and an exhaustive bibliography, providing guidance for both newcomers to Heidegger's work and established scholars.