- Paperback: 330 pages
- Publisher: University of Ottawa Press (Jan 2 2008)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0776606638
- ISBN-13: 978-0776606637
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 68 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #443,735 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Richard Sembera introduces the reader to the essential features of Being and Time, Heidegger's main work in clear and unambiguous English. He dispels the nimbus of unintelligibility surrounding Heidegger's thought, a nimbus that Heidegger himself helped create and that has tended to confine serious Heidegger scholarship to closed circles.
This is not a work about the "exisistentialist" Heidegger, the "Nazi" Heidegger, the "gnostic" Heidegger, or the "mystic" Heidegger. Nor is it a "diluted" Heidegger for beginners. Rephrasing Heidegger interprets the philosopher on his own terms, covering all the main aspects of Being and Time, and is particularly interesting for its detailed analysis of the structure and contents of this epoch-making philosophical work.
Rephrasing Heidegger includes a unique glossary of technical terms which recur frequently throughout Being and Time whose translation is problematic or uncertain. It also includes a German-English lexicon which catalogues the translations of Heidegger’s terms in the most important English translations of Being and Time.
This is the first detailed commentary in English by a Heidegger specialist trained at Heidegger's own university by the world-renowned Heidegger scholar Prof. F.-W. von Herrman, the editor of the most important volumes of Heidegger's collected works in German.
About the Author
A scholar of German philosophy from Leibniz to Heidegger, Richard Sembera is professor at the Collège Dominicain in Ottawa.
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If You Really Want to Understand Being and Time, Dec 8 2010
By Thomas A. Mcdonald - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Rephrasing Heidegger: A Companion to 'Being and Time' (Paperback)
I cannot believe this book has not yet been reviewed. I've read nearly thirty different pieces in the secondary literature, including most of the major English introductions and interpretations of Being and Time, and I am amazed at how sharply articulated, smart, and clarifying this book is, making it a cut above the rest. Sembera's study with Heidegger scholars in Germany seems to have paid off here, but that alone doesn't explain the quality of the book. Sembera has clearly achieved strong, direct personal insight into the subject matter. This, combined with excellent choices in English for phrasing, makes an important and valuable resource for anyone interested understanding why Heidegger is such an important thinker -- regardless of his terrible political choices. I would not hesitate to make this my absolute first recommendation to anyone who should understand Being and Time.
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