Synopses & Reviews
"... a real philosophical page-turner, a book that is difficult to put down, even given the complexity of its issues." --Jeffrey Powell
"This is a fine addition to existing books on Heidegger's thought.... The author has both a command of Heidegger and of how best to elucidate him to a contemporary audience." --David Wood
In Thinking with Heidegger, Miguel de Beistegui looks into the essence of Heidegger's thought and engages the philosopher's transformative thinking with contemporary Western culture. Rather than isolate and explore a single theme or aspect of Heidegger, de Beistegui chooses multiple points of entry that unfold from the same question or idea. De Beistegui examines Heidegger's translations of Greek philosophy and his interpretations and displacements of anthropology, ethics and politics, science, and aesthetics. Thinking with Heidegger proposes fresh answers to some of philosophy's most fundamental questions and extends Heideggerian discourse into philosophical regions not treated by Heidegger himself.
Review
"This is a fine addition to existing books on Heidegger's thought.... The author has both a command of Heidegger and of how best to elucidate him to a contemporary audience."
Synopsis
... a real philosophical page-turner, a book that is difficult toput down, even given the complexity of its issues. -- JeffreyPowell
This is a fine addition to existing books onHeidegger's thought.... The author has both a command of Heidegger and of how bestto elucidate him to a contemporary audience. -- DavidWood
In Thinking with Heidegger, Miguel de Beistegui looks intothe essence of Heidegger's thought and engages the philosopher's transformativethinking with contemporary Western culture. Rather than isolate and explore a singletheme or aspect of Heidegger, de Beistegui chooses multiple points of entry thatunfold from the same question or idea. De Beistegui examines Heidegger'stranslations of Greek philosophy and his interpretations and displacements ofanthropology, ethics and politics, science, and aesthetics. Thinking with Heideggerproposes fresh answers to some of philosophy's most fundamental questions andextends Heideggerian discourse into philosophical regions not treated by Heideggerhimself.
About the Author
Miguel de Beistegui teaches in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Warwick. He is the author of Heidegger and the Political and co-editor (with Simon Sparks) of Philosophy and Tragedy.
Table of Contents
Preliminary Table of Contents:
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction: The Provenance of Thought
Part 1. Anthropology
1. Homo Heideggerians
Part 2. Ethics and Politics
2. The Politics of Repetition
3. Boredom: Between Existence and History
Part 3. Science
4. Science, "Servant of Philosophy"?
Part 4. Aesthetics
5. Art, "Sister of Philosophy"?
Afterword: Translating Essentially
Notes
Index