num_pages: 400
description: A crucial work for understanding a major turning point in Heidegger's thought. "...an important addition to the translations of Heidegger's lecture-courses."--International Philosophical Quarterly"The translators of these lectures have succeeded splendidly in giving readers an intimation of the tensely insistent tone of the original German. Heidegger's concern with a linguistic preconsciousness &amp; with our entrancement before the enigma of existence remains intensely contemporary."--Choice"There is much that is new and valuable in this book, &amp; McNeill &amp; Walker's faithful translation makes it very accessible."-- Review of Metaphysics"Whoever thought that Heidegger...has no surprises left in him had better read this volume. If its rhetoric is 'hard &amp; heavy' its thought is even harder &amp; essentially more daring than Heideggerians ever imagined Heidegger could be."--David Farrell KrellFirst published in German in 1983 as volume 29/30 of Heidegger's collected works, The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics includes an extended treatment of the history of metaphysics &amp; an elaboration of a philosophy of life &amp; nature. Heidegger's concepts of organism, animal behavior &amp; environment are uniquely developed &amp; defined with intensity.William McNeill is Associate Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. He is co-translator (with Julia Davis) of Holderlin's Hymn "The Ister" by Martin Heidegger. Nicholas Walker is Research Fellow in philosophy and literature at Magdalene College, Cambridge.Studies in Continental Thought: John Sallis, general editor
language: English
title: The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude
titlecomplete: The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude
genres: Classics, Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Academia, German Literature, Science, 20th Century, Nonfiction, Metaphysics
ratings_count: 260
publisher: Indiana University Press