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Martin Heidegger and the Problem of Historical Meaning

By Jeffrey Andrew Barash

Book information

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Year
2003
ISBN
0823222640, 9780823222643
ISSN
1089–3938
LCC
B3279.H49 B273 2003
Open Library ID
OL3675425M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
993 kB (1016972 bytes)
Series
Perspectives in Continental Philosophy, 31
Edition
1
Pages
319\319
Topic
History
Time added
2011-04-18 11:31:18

Description

Now in paperback, this important book explores the central role of historical thought in the full range of Heidegger’s thought, both the early writings leading up to Being and Time, and after the "reversal" or Kehre that inaugurated his later work. Barash examines Heidegger’s views on history in a richly developed context of debates that transpired in the early 20th-century German philosophy of history. He addresses a key unifying theme—the problem of historical meaning and the search for coherent criteria of truth in an era of historical relativism—as he traces the engagement with historicity throughout all major epochs and works. Barash revises this edition to explore new material, including Heidegger’s lecture course texts from 1910 to 1923, and adds an expanded, updated bibliography.

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