Synopses & Reviews
Martin Heidegger's sustained reflection on Greek thought has been increasingly recognized as a decisive feature of his own philosophical development. At the same time, this important philosophical meeting has generated considerable controversy and disagreement concerning the radical originality of Heidegger's view of the Greeks and their place in his groundbreaking thinking. In Heidegger and the Greeks, an international group of distinguished philosophers sheds light on the issues raised by Heidegger's encounter and engagement with the Greeks. The careful and nuanced essays brought together here shed light on how core philosophical concepts such as phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, and ethics are understood today. For readers at all levels, this volume is an invitation to continue the important dialogue with Greek thinking that was started and stimulated by Heidegger.
Contributors are Claudia Baracchi, Walter A. Brogan, Günter Figal, Gregory Fried, Francisco J. Gonzalez, Drew A. Hyland, John Panteleimon Manoussakis, William J. Richardson, John Sallis, Dennis J. Schmidt, and Peter Warnek.
Synopsis
Key essays surrounding Heidegger's encounter with Greek philosophy
About the Author
Drew A. Hyland is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College. He is author of Finitude and Transcendence in the Platonic Dialogues and Philosophy and Sport.
John Panteleimon Manoussakis teaches at Boston College and the American College of Greece. He is editor of After God and co-editor of Traversing the Imaginary: Encounters with Richard Kearney. He has translated Martin Heidegger's Sojourns: The Journey to Greece.
Table of Contents
Contents<\>Preface Drew A. Hyland
Introduction: The Sojourn in the Light John Panteleimon Manoussakis
1. First of All Came Chaos Drew A. Hyland
2. Contributions to the Coming-to-Be of Greek Beginnings: Heidegger's Inceptive Thinking Claudia Baracchi
3. The Intractable Interrelationship of Physis and Techne Walter A. Brogan
4. Translating Innigkeit: The Belonging Together of the Strange Peter Warnek
5. Heidegger's Philosophy of Language in an Aristotelian Context: Dynamis Meta Logou Günter Figal
6. Toward the Future of Truth William J. Richardson
7. What We Owe the Dead Dennis J. Schmidt
8. Beyond or Beneath Good and Evil: Heidegger's Purification of Aristotle's Ethics Francisco J. Gonzalez
9. Back to the Cave: A Platonic Rejoinder to Heideggerian Postmodernism Gregory Fried
10. Plato's Other Beginning John Sallis
List of Contributors
Index