Heidegger: Phenomenology, Ecology, Politics

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Understanding the political and ecological implications of Heidegger's work without ignoring his noxious public engagements The most controversial philosopher of the twentieth century, Martin Heidegger has influenced generations of intellectuals even as his involvement with Nazism and blatant anti-Semitism, made even clearer after the publica

Michael Marder is Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Vitoria-Gasteiz, and professor-at-large in the Humanities Institute at Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile. He is author of Grafts: Writings on Plants (Minnesota, 2016) and Energy Dreams: Of Actuality.

"For many years, Michael Marder has been one of the most interesting philosophical interpreters of Heidegger. What he gives us to think here is really remarkable. The readers of his book on Heidegger will be inspired."-Peter Trawny, editor of the collected works of Martin Heidegger "Often indefensible, always indispensable: Heidegger, for all his errors, continues to provoke us as modernity draws nearer to a reckoning. In this thoughtful book, Michael Marder sifts through Heidegger's texts in a search for an open yet finite dwelling, a home beyond parochialism and globalism."-Richard Polt, Xavier University "Deploying an exceptional familiarity with Heidegger scholarship, Michael Marder highlights how Heidegger's thinking of the Thing offers a rich opening for ecological resistance to consumerist politics and economics."-David Wood, author of Deep Time, Dark Times: On Being Geologically Human "Michael Marder's book is particularly thought-provoking. Highly recommended for all who continue to wrestle with the dual legacy of Heidegger's thought and his "great mistakes," without minimizing either."-Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews "Marder's book struck a chord with me because the author sets out to make a significant point, that is, to advocate our duty to engage with Heidegger rather than continue to ignore him because of his antisemitic sentiments."-Phenomenological Reviews