Faulkoner - Wrathall (eds) - Appropriating Heidegger

226 Pages·2000·1.2 MB·English

by  James E. Faulconer

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APPROPRIATING HEIDEGGER
AlthoughMartinHeideggerisundeniablyoneofthemostinXuen-
tialphilosophersofthetwentiethcentury,amongthephilosophers
whostudyhisworkweWndconsiderabledisagreementoverwhat
mightseemtobebasicissues:whyisHeideggerimportant?What
did his work do? This volume is an explicit response to these
diVerences, and is unique in bringing together representatives of
many diVerent approaches to Heidegger’s philosophy. Topics
covered include Heidegger’s place in the ‘‘history of being,’’
Heideggerandethics,Heideggerandtheology,andHeideggerand
Naziconceptsofrace.Moregenerally,thecontributorsalsoaddress
their respective visions of the nature of philosophy and the
presuppositionswhich guide their understandingof Heidegger.
james e. faulconer is Professor of Philosophy at Brigham
Young University. He is co-editor (with Richard Williams) of
ReconsideringPsychology:PerspectivesfromContemporaryContinentalPhilos-
ophy (1990).
mark a. wrathall is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at
Brigham Young University. He is co-editor (with JeV Malpas) of
Heidegger,Authenticity,andModernityandHeidegger,Coping,andCognitive
Science (forthcoming).
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APPROPRIATING
HEIDEGGER
edited by
JAMES E. FAULCONER
BrighamYoungUniversity
MARK A. WRATHALL
BrighamYoungUniversity
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Everyconfrontationof. . .diVerentinterpretationsofawork. . .is
inrealityamutualreXectionontheguidingpresuppositions:itisthe
discussion of these presuppositions – a task which, strangely, is
always tolerated only marginally and covered up with empty
generalizations.
MartinHeidegger,WhatIs CalledThinking?
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Contents
List of contributors page ix
Acknowledgments x
1 Appropriating Heidegger 1
James E. Faulconer
part 1 thinking our age
2 Philosophy, thinkers, and Heidegger’s place in the history
of being 9
Mark A. Wrathall
3 Night and day: Heidegger and Thoreau 30
Stanley Cavell
4 Heidegger’s alleged challenge to the Nazi concepts of race 50
Robert Bernasconi
5 Heidegger and ethics beyond the call of duty 68
Albert Borgmann
part 2 heidegger in context
6 People of God, people of being: the theological
presuppositions of Heidegger’s path of thought 85
John D. Caputo
7 Heidegger for beginners 101
Simon Critchley
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viii Contents
8 The critique of anthropologism in Heidegger’s thought 119
Fran¸coise Dastur
part 3 reading beingandtime
9 In respectful contempt: Heidegger, appropriation, facticity 137
Rudi Visker
10 Could anything be more intelligible than everyday
intelligibility? Reinterpreting division i of Being and Time
in the light of division ii 155
Hubert L. Dreyfus
11 Another time 175
John Sallis
12 Intentionality, teleology, and normativity 191
Mark Okrent
Index 207