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Heidegger and French Philosophy: Humanism, Antihumanism and Being

By Tom Rockmore

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1995
ISBN
0415111811, 9780415111812, 0415111803, 9780415111805, 0203210352, 0203026608
LCC
B3279.H49 R618 1995
Google Books ID
ocPFBX4SKsQC
Open Library ID
OL1435777M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
905 kB (927089 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
271\271
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Martin Heidegger's impact on contemporary thought is important and controversial. However in France, the influence of this German philosopher is such that contemporary French thought cannot be properly understood without reference to Heidegger and his extraordinary influence. Tom Rockmore examines the reception of Heidegger's thought in France. He argues that in the period after the Second World War, due to the peculiar nature of the humanist French Philosophical tradition, Heidegger became the master thinker of French philosophy. Perhaps most importantly, he contends that this reception - first as philosophical anthropology and later as postmetaphysical humanism - is systematically mistaken.

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