ABSTRACT
Chapter 1 appeals to Heidegger’s destructive-retrieval of Kant to re-establish freedom as the basis of thought as well as action, in a way which overcomes such metaphysical dichotomies as spirit and nature, ought and is, intellect and emotion. The first section addresses an untraveled pathway of Heidegger’s concern that weaves its ways through his critical encounter with a key figure in modern philosophy, Immanuel Kant. The second section identifies our capacity to dwell on the earth, as a counter pole to the Enlightenment notion of the self as a “‘citizen’ of the world.” Section three examines how Heidegger incorporates the problem of human freedom, in order to establish a more encompassing interpretive (hermeneutic) horizon to explore the reciprocity between “being” (Sein) and what it means to be human (Da-sein).
