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Starting with Heidegger

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Starting with Heidegger
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dr Tom Greaves
SeriesStarting with...
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 216,Width 138
Category/GenreWestern philosophy from c 1900 to now
ISBN/Barcode 9781847061409
ClassificationsDewey:193
Audience
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Publication Date 30 March 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This is a new introduction to Heidegger, guiding the student through the overall development of his ideas. Covering all the key concepts of Heidegger's work, Starting with Heidegger provides an accessible introduction to the ideas that are embodied in his magnum opus, Being and Time . Thematically structured, the book encourages the reader to engage with Heidegger's thought, leading him or her to a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Drawing on a wide range of Heidegger's lectures and manuscripts, the book shows how Heidegger came to arrive at the existential analysis of Being and Time and how he continued to develop insights into the problems which motivated it. Crucially, contextual detail and intellectual influences, from Husserl to Nietzsche, are introduced with an eye to uncovering the basic motivations behind Heidegger's complex formulations, elucidating not only what Heidegger wrote, but how he thought philosophy should be practised. This is the ideal introduction for anyone coming to the work of this challenging thinker for the first time.

Author Biography

Tom Greaves is lecturer in philosophy at the University of East Anglia, UK.