Heidegger and French Philosophy: Humanism, Antihumanism and Being

by Tom Rockmore

Overview

Martin Heidegger's impact on contemporary thought is important and controversial. However in France, the influence of this German philosopher is such that contemporary French thought cannot be properly understood without reference to Heidegger and his extraordinary influence.
Tom Rockmore examines the reception of Heidegger's thought in France. He argues that in the period after the Second World War, due to the peculiar nature of the humanist French Philosophical tradition, Heidegger became the master thinker of French philosophy. Perhaps most importantly, he contends that this reception - first as philosophical anthropology and later as postmetaphysical humanism - is systematically mistaken.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781134832828
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/11/2002
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	272
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Tom Rockmore is Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh. His most recent books include On Heidegger's Nazism and Philosophy and Hegel and Contemporary Philosophy.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 HEIDEGGER AS A “FRENCH” PHILOSOPHER; Chapter 2 HEIDEGGER AND THE MASTER THINKER IN FRENCH PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 3 GERMAN PHENOMENOLOGY, FRENCH PHILOSOPHY, AND SUBJECTIVITY; Chapter 4 HEIDEGGER, SARTRE, AND FRENCH HUMANISM; Chapter 5 JEAN BEAUFRET AND THE “LETTER ON HUMANISM”; Chapter 6 HEIDEGGER's “Letter on Humanism.” AND FRENCH HEIDEGGERIANISM; Chapter 7 ON HEIDEGGER AND CONTEMPORARYFRENCH PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 8 HEIDEGGER'S POLITICS AND FRENCH PHILOSOPHY; Chapter 9 HEIDEGGER, FRENCH PHILOSOPHY AND THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRADITION;