Martin Heidegger

by George Steiner

Overview

With characteristic lucidity and style, Steiner makes Heidegger's immensely difficult body of work accessible to the general reader. In a new introduction, Steiner addresses language and philosophy and the rise of Nazism.

"It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to the work of philosopher Martin Heidegger."—George Kateb, The New Republic

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780226772325
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Publication date:	09/25/1991
Series:	Modern Classics Series
Edition description:	1
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.38(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

George Steiner has written a great many books during his long and distinguished career as a literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, translator, and educator. He was professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Geneva, Lord Weidenfeld Professor of Comparative Literature and Fellow of St Anne’s College at Oxford University, and Norton Professor of Poetry at Harvard University.

Table of Contents

Introduction—Heidegger: In 1991
In Place of a Foreword
i. Some Basic Terms
ii. Being and Time
iii. The Presence of Heidegger
Biographical Note
Short Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

First published by the Viking Press in the Modern masters series (1978). This reprint carries an introduction (28 p.) of 1989. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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