Heidegger: Through Phenomenology to Thought (Perspectives in Continental Philosophy) 4th Edition by William J. Richardson (PDF)

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This book, one of the most frequently cited works on Martin Heidegger in any language, belongs on any short list of classic studies of Continental philosophy. William J. Richardson explores the famous turn (Kehre) in Heidegger’s thought after Being in Time and demonstrates how this transformation was radical without amounting to a simple contradiction of his earlier views. “In a full account of the evolution of Heidegger’s work as a whole, Richardson provides a detailed, systematic, and illuminating account of both divergences and fundamental continuities in Heidegger’s philosophy, especially in light of recently published works. He demonstrates that the “thinking” of Being for the later Heidegger has exactly the same configuration as the radical phenomenology of the early Heidegger, once he has passed through the “turning” of his way.” Including as a preface the letter that Heidegger wrote to Richardson and a new writer’s preface and epilogue, the new edition of this valuable guide will be an essential resource for students and scholars for many years to come.

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Editorial Reviews: Review …it is more impressive than any critical work.—―Dmity A. Olshansky, St. PetersburgThis book avoids the pitfall of many other works on Heidegger, that of being even ore obscure than the master, and the author valiantly attempts to make difficult ideas understandable. He also provides a helpful philosophical background for the development of Heidegger’s thought. ― ―Catholic Library World Review …it is more impressive than any critical work.—―Dmity A. Olshansky, St. PetersburgThis book avoids the pitfall of many other works on Heidegger, that of being even ore obscure than the master, and the author valiantly attempts to make difficult ideas understandable. He also provides a helpful philosophical background for the development of Heidegger’s thought. ― ―Catholic Library World About the Author William J. Richardson, S.J., Professor of Philosophy at Boston College, is the co-author of Lacan and Language: A Reader’s Guide to the Ecrits. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐As a relatively new student of philosophy, as you might expect i’m finding Being and Time to be quite the epic struggle, but with the help of this book and some others i’m finding it to be a mountain i can climb, albeit very slowly and without full appreciation of all the facets of Heidegger’s work. Since I hope to continue reading Heidegger, **it would be immensely helpful if this book could be made available on Kindle, for portability purposes if nothing else***. Can we make that done please?

⭐1. Read Jose Pablo Feinmann ¨La Filosofia y el barro de la historia”2. Have a try to Being and Time3. A book by author: Steiner: Heidegger4. Heidegger by Gianni Vattimo5. “El joven Heidegger” by Adrián Escudero, JesúsAnd finally THIS GREAT BOOK. This one will clarify everything.

⭐Muy bueno

⭐I am surprised this book only has two reviews so far. It has been awhile since I read the first half of this book (a few years) so my review will be fairly general (I am currently re-reading some of the later sections for a graduate seminar I am taking on Heidegger which is why I decided to offer my review now despite the fact that I do not have the time to go back and re-read the first half of the book so I apologize for not going into more detail about Richardson’s coverage of Being and Time which, as I recall, was quite good).This book is a classic work on Heidegger and one of the most cited. The preface was written by Heidegger himself and it takes in the full scope of Heidegger’s project all the way from Being and Time, through the turn, and up until Heidegger’s late essays. It is really an indispensable book for anyone looking for a summary of Heidegger’s entire project from beginning to end. It has chapters on Being and Time and Heidegger’s Kant book (which most books on Heidegger do not devote an entire chapter to despite the fact that it is a very important book) as well as chapters on nearly every important essay Heidegger ever wrote. For breadth of coverage you simply cannot find another book that equals Richardson’s at least to my knowledge. If you are working your way through Heidegger’s essays this book makes a truly excellent companion.The level of exposition is advanced. This is not an introductory book. I have been studying Heidegger for five years or so and I still have a great deal of difficulty understanding Richardson in places. Richardson does not seem to me to always be the clearest of writers. Perhaps part of that is that the breadth of Richardson’s coverage requires that he be succinct rather than offering long explanations when long explanations would be helpful. Whatever the case may be you should be prepared to struggle with this one unless you are already an expert in Heidegger (in which case you have probably already read this book – most likely more than once). But the struggle is worth it.I should point out that Richardson’s understanding of Heidegger as divided between Heidegger I (before the turn) and Heidegger II (after the turn) is apparently no longer the preferred way of reading Heidegger. It has become clear since this book was published that there was much more continuity to Heidegger’s thought than originally assumed. Despite that minor flaw this book is still a book that every serious student of Heidegger will eventually have to read and come to terms with.

⭐I have bought and worked through different introductions and works about Heidegger, for better understanding or to verify if my understanding of the author is on the right track since to understand Heidegger matters, but this is the best complete explanation of Heidegger’s work where in the preface written by Heidegger, sets clear the I and II process.This book invites for a very long review and it is not inexpensive but is an excellent introductory and consulting book, after going around the block I come back to study and re-study different passages, so far this is as good as it gets.

⭐A book of great stature but not for the common reader or new students to Heidegger. The author has the unfortunate habit of explaining Heidegger, or often seemingly re-phrasing him, in Heideggerian language.

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