The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude
A crucial work for understanding a major turning point in Heidegger's thought. "...an important addition to the translations of Heidegger's lecture-courses." — International Philosophical Quarterly
"The translators of these lectures have succeeded splendidly in giving readers an intimation of the tensely insistent tone of the original German. Heidegger's concern with a linguistic preconsciousness & with our entrancement before the enigma of existence remains intensely contemporary." — Choice
"There is much that is new and valuable in this book, & McNeill & Walker's faithful translation makes it very accessible." — Review of Metaphysics
"Whoever thought that Heidegger...has no surprises left in him had better read this volume. If its rhetoric is 'hard & heavy' its thought is even harder & essentially more daring than Heideggerians ever imagined Heidegger could be." — David Farrell Krell
First published in German in 1983 as volume 29/30 of Heidegger's collected works, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics includes an extended treatment of the history of metaphysics & an elaboration of a philosophy of life & nature. Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behavior & environment are uniquely developed & defined with intensity.
William McNeill is Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is co-translator (with Julia Davis) of Holderlin's Hymn "The Ister" by Martin Heidegger. Nicholas Walker is Research Fellow in philosophy and literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge.
Studies in Continental Thought: John Sallis, general editor
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 9780253214294
- Genres
- philosophy, metaphysics, science, physics
- Release date
- 2001
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