Description
This book, the text of Martin Heidegger's lecture course of 1929/30, is crucial for an understanding of Heidegger's transition from the major work of his early years, Being and Time, to his later preoccupations with language, truth, and history. First published in German in 1983 as volume 29/30 of Heidegger's collected works, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics presents an extended treatment of the history of metaphysics and an elaboration of a philosophy of life and nature. Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behavior, and environment are uniquely developed and defined with intensity. Of major interest is Heidegger's brilliant phenomenological description of the mood of boredome, which he describes as a "fundamental attunement" of modern times.
Author: Martin Heidegger, Richard Polt
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
Published: 02/01/2001
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.82d
ISBN13: 9780253214294
ISBN10: 0253214297
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Metaphysics
About the Author
William McNeill is Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is co-translator (with Julia Davis) of Hölderlin's Hymn "The Ister" by Martin Heidegger.
Nicholas Walker is Research Fellow in philosophy and literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge.