Being and Truth

By Martin Heidegger

In these lectures, delivered in 1933-1934 while he was Rector of the University of Freiburg and an active supporter of the National Socialist regime, Martin Heidegger addresses the history of metaphysics and the notion of truth from Heraclitus to Hegel. First published in German in 2001, these two lecture courses offer a sustained encounter with Heidegger's thinking during a period when he attempted to give expression to his highest ambitions for a philosophy engaged with politics and the world. While the lectures are strongly nationalistic and celebrate the revolutionary spirit of the time, they also attack theories of racial supremacy in an attempt to stake out a distinctively Heideggerian understanding of what it means to be a people. This careful translation offers valuable insight into Heidegger's views on language, truth, animality, and life, as well as his political thought and activity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Release date: Sep 6, 2010
• ISBN: 9780253004659

Martin Heidegger

Martin Heidegger (Messkirch, 1889 – Friburgo de Brisgovia, 1976) es una de las figuras clave de la filosofía contemporánea. Estudió con Husserl y fue profesor de Filosofía en las universidades de Marburgo y Friburgo. En esta última ejerció como rector entre 1933 y 1934. Su obra filosófica gira en torno al concepto del Ser, empezando por una hermenéutica de la existencia y pasando por la dilucidación de la noción griega de la verdad.

Reviews for Being and Truth

[mavaddat-1 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This book is basically two works in one volume: The first is a reproduction of an outline or note sketches that Heidegger made for himself to guide his thinking in his seminar lectures; the second is the book that already exists, "The Essence of Truth", which is a fully fleshed out phenomenological examination of Plato's cave allegory (paying very close attention to the experiences of being bounded, set free, and then subsequently returning to liberate others). Since the first is extremely sparse, it hardly makes for satisfying or indeed engaging reading material. One would need to have already a good working knowledge of Heidegger's thought processes to guess at how he moves from one thesis to the next (what reasoning he's employing between the bones).