Heidegger by Peter Trawny - 9781509521760

HeideggerA Critical Introduction\nAuthor(s): Peter Trawny\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Polity Press\nISBN-13: 9781509521760, 978-1509521760\nSynopsis\nMartin Heidegger is one of the most influential figures of twentieth-century philosophy but his reputation was tainted by his associations with Nazism. The posthumous publication of theBlack Notebooks, which reveal the shocking extent of Heideggers anti-Semitism, has only cast further doubt on his work. Now more than ever, a new introduction to Heidegger is needed to reassess his work and legacy. This book by the world-leading Heidegger scholar Peter Trawny is the first introduction to take into account the new material made available by the explosive publication of theBlack Notebooks. Seeking neither to condemn nor excuse Heideggers views, Trawny directly confronts and elucidates the most problematic aspects of his thought. At the same time, he provides a comprehensive survey of Hei.