Major Works
Being and Time
- Heidegger, Martin. Being and Time. Translated by John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson. New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008.Excerpt: “[…] ‘For manifestly you have long been aware of what you mean when you use the expression “being”. We, however, who used to think we understood it, have now become perplexed.’ Do we in our time have an answer to… More
Other Works
The Concept of Time
- Heidegger, Martin. The Concept of Time. Translated by Ingo Farin. London New York: Continuum, 2011.The Concept of Time presents Heidegger’s so-called Dilthey review, widely considered the first draft of his celebrated masterpiece, Being and Time. Here Heidegger reveals his deep commitment to Wilhelm Dilthey and Count Yorck von Wartenburg. He agrees… More
Commentary
Heidegger’s Being and Time: Critical Essays
- Polt, Richard ed. Heidegger’s Being and Time: Critical Essays. Lanhham: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.Synopsis: Heidegger’s Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger’s most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with… MoreThe Cambridge Companion to Heidegger Edited by Charles Guignon
- Guignon, Charles B., ed. The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006.This volume contains introductory essays by leading Heidegger scholars on various aspects of his life and thought, including his most important work, Being and Time. In addition there are discussions of Heidegger’s thought in relation to mysticism,… MoreHeidegger’s Analytic: Interpretation, Discourse, and Authenticity in Being and Time
- Carmen, Taylor. Heidegger’s Analytic: Interpretation, Discourse, and Authenticity in Being and Time. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.Synopsis: Unlike those who view Heidegger as an idealist, Taylor Carman asserts that Heidegger is best understood as a realist and offers a new interpretation of his major work, Being and Time. Among the book’s distinctive features are an interpretation… MoreHeidegger: The Man and the Thinker
- Sheehan, Thomas ed. Heidegger: The Man and the Thinker. Chicago: Transaction, 2009.Synopsis: Many people consider Martin Heidegger the most important German philosopher of the twentieth century. He is indisputably controversial and influential. Athough much has been written about Heidegger, this may be the best single volume covering his… MoreThe Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Heidegger and Being and Time
- Mulhall, Stephen. The Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Heidegger and Being and Time. London: Routledge, 2013.Synopsis: The Routledge Guidebook to Heidegger’s Being and Time explores: 1)The context of Heidegger’s work and the background to his writing; 2) Each separate part of the text in relation to its goals, meanings and impact; 3) The reception the book… More