Heidegger's Way of Thought: Critical and Interpretive Signposts / Edition 1

by Theodore Kisiel, Alfred Denker, Marion Heinz

Overview

One of the most eminent Heidegger scholars of our time, Theodore Kisiel has found worldwide critical acclaim, his particular strength being to set Heidegger's thinking in the context of his life, time and the history of ideas.This volume brings together Kisiel's most important critical and interpretative essays, which can be regarded as a succession of signposts enabling the reader to follow Heidegger in his often difficult path of thinking. At the same time, it is a companion to the author's key work, The Genesis of Heidegger's Being and Time (1993).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826457363
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	06/01/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Theodore Kisiel is Professor of Philosophy at Northern Illinois University. In addition to The Genesis of Heidegger's 'Being and Time' he has translated Heidegger's History of the Concept of Time (1993) and co-edited Reading Heidegger from the Start (1994). Alfred Denker, Managing Director of the Centre Philosophique Les Trois Hiboux. Marion Heinz, Professor of Philosophy at Siegen University.

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Heidegger's Apology: Biography as Philosophy and Ideology2. On the Way to Being and Time: Introduction to the Translation of Heidegger's Prolegomena zur Geschichte des Zeitbegriffs3. The New Translation of Sein und Zeit: A Grammatological Lexicographer's Commentary4. Heidegger (1907 -1927): The Transformation of the Categorical5. Why Students of Heidegger will have to read Emil Lask6. Heidegger's Early Lecture Courses7. Existenz in Incubation Underway Toward Being and Time8. From Intuition to Understanding: On Heidegger's Transposition of Husserl's Phenomenology9. The Mathematical and the Hermeneutical: On Heidegger's Notion of the Apriori

Editorial Reviews

"In an effort to honor Kisiel's eminent Heidegger scholarship, editors Denker and Heinz have gathered nine of his most important Heidegger essays....this collection offers glimpses into the life and work of one of the 20th century's most perplexing philosophers....Recommended." Library Journal

"No one is better than Kisiel in discussing Heidegger. His writings are amongst the very best contemporary work on Heidegger in any language." Tom Rockmore, Duquesne University

From the Publisher

Kisiel (philosophy, Northern Illinois Univ.) is an eminent Heidegger scholar responsible for the translation of History of the Concept of Time. In an effort to honor Kisiel's eminent Heidegger scholarship, editors Denker and Heinz have gathered nine of his most important Heidegger essays. Kisiel's most recognized critical work, The Genesis of Heidegger's "Being and Time," provides a thorough overview of Heidegger's themes and the process of writing his most famous work. In the essays offered here, Kisiel provides a survey of the development of Heidegger's thought as he ranges from Heidegger's early lecture courses, to his departure from his teacher Husserl's philosophy, to his movement away from logic to hermeneutics. Kisiel enters the discussion surrounding Heidegger's association with National Socialism, agreeing with neither Heidegger's opponents nor with his defenders but seeking in Heidegger's own words a reading of his philosophical position. Kisiel also offers a commentary on Joan Stambaugh's most recent translation of her teacher's Being and Time, comparing it with the 1962 translation by John Macquarrie and James Robinson and finding that it is not a substantial improvement. Finally, several essays give insight into the genesis of Being and Time. While this collection offers glimpses into the life and work of one of the 20th century's most perplexing philosophers, it requires an acquaintance with Heidegger scholarship as well as a substantial philosophical vocabulary. Recommended only for academic libraries.-Henry L. Carrigan Jr., Lancaster, PA

Library Journal

Theodore Kisiel (philosophy, Northern Illinois U.) has spent most of his career concentrating on the philosophy of Martin Heidegger. He and his co-editors present nine of his previously published essays as a way to introduce readers to the foundational concepts of his interpretation of Heidegger's and other writings. A major theme of Kisiel's writings is the need to relate Heidegger's thought to the works of other philosophers, including Edmund Husserl and Emil Lask. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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