ABSTRACT

Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. A difficult and powerful philosopher, his work requires careful reading. Being and Time was his first major book and remains his most influential work.
Heidegger and Being and Time introduces and assesses: Heidegger's life and the background of Being and Time; the ideas and text of Being and Time; Heidegger's importance to philosophy and to the intellectual life of this century.
Ideal for anyone coming to Heidegger for the first time, this guide will be vital for all students of Heidegger in philosophy and cultural theory.

chapter |33 pages

Introduction: Heidegger's project

(Being and Time, §§1–8)

chapter Chapter 1|25 pages

The human world: scepticism, cognition and agency

(Being and Time, §§9–24)

chapter Chapter 2|28 pages

The human world: society, selfhood and self-interpretation

(Being and Time, §§25–32)

chapter Chapter 3|16 pages

Language, truth and reality

(Being and Time, §§33–34, 43–44)

chapter Chapter 4|8 pages

Conclusion to Division One: the uncanniness of everyday life

(Being and Time, §§34–42)

chapter Chapter 5|24 pages

Theology secularized: mortality, guilt and conscience

(Being and Time, §§45–60)

chapter Chapter 6|27 pages

Heidegger's (re)visionary moment: time as the human horizon

(Being and Time, §§61–71)

chapter Chapter 7|25 pages

Fate and destiny: human natality and a brief history of time

(Being and Time, §§72–82)