Description
The Blackwell Companion to Heidegger is a complete guide to the work and thought of Martin Heidegger, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
- Considers the most important elements of Heidegger's intellectual biography, including his notorious involvement with National Socialism
- Provides a systematic and comprehensive exploration of Heidegger's work
- One of the few books on Heidegger to cover his later work as well as Being and Time
- Includes key critical responses to Heidegger's philosophy
- Contributors include many of the leading interpreters of, and commentators on, the work of Heidegger
About the Author
Hubert L. Dreyfus is Professor of Philosophy in the Graduate School at the University of California at Berkeley.
Mark A. Wrathall is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Brigham Young University.
Together, Hubert L. Dreyfus and Mark A. Wrathall are also the joint editors of A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism (Blackwell 2006).
Reviews
"The 31 essays in this volume make an important, illuminating contribution to explaining the complexity of Heidegger's thought and the strongly idiomatic nature of his language and conceptual framework. Highly recommended."
Choice
"This volume of papers on Heidegger is unrivalled in its scope and quality ... Its comprehensiveness makes it the most useful secondary volume on Heidegger now available."
John Richardson, New York University
Book Information
ISBN 9781405163668
Author Hubert L. Dreyfus
Format Paperback
Page Count 560
Imprint Wiley-Blackwell
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Weight(grams) 998g
Dimensions(mm) 246mm * 173mm * 42mm
