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Companion to Heidegger
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THE BLOOMSBURY
COMPANION TO HEIDEGGER
EDITED BY
François Raffoul
Eric S. Nelson
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The Bloomsbury companion to Heidegger / edited by François Raffoul and Eric S. Nelson.
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1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. I. Raffoul, François, 1960- editor of compilation.
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CONTENTS
Acknowlcdgm<nts "
List of Abbreviation. •
N"t~. on Contributo. . '"
EDITORS' INTRODUCTION
Fran,o;s Raff""/ a",/ Eric S. Nei$(}n
PART 1: LIFE AND CONTEXTS
1. IIE!DEGGER AND TIlE QUESTION OF B10GRAPI IY
TlMrx1lm K "i~1
2. THE EARLY HEIDEGGER
D"mo/ Moran
3. TlIETUI{N:ALl THREEOfTHEM
Thom", Shuh""
4. IIEIDEGGER [NTHE 1930" WHO ARE WE?
Richard Polt
5. HElD EGGER. NIETZSCI-lE, NATIONAL SOCMUS)'l: THE PL\CE OF
l>IH ArHYS1CS IN TIlE POLITICAL DEBATE OFTHE 1930. 47
Rob." Re"'MCO>"
6. TIlE LATER J IEIDEGGER: TIlE QUESTION OF TilE
OTIIER IIEGINN1NG OF THINKING
Fmnfoi"" Dasrur
7. HEIDEGGER'S CORRESPONDENCE
Alfred D""ker
PART II: SOURCES, INFLUENCES. AND ENCOUNTERS
n
8. H[IDEGGER Al':D GREEK I'HILOS01'1IY
Sean D. Kirk/"nJ
9. IIEIDEGGER AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
Ho/ge, Z,borow.ki
CO",'TENTS
10. lJEIDEGGER AND DESCARTES "
Emilia Angcl()~a
II. HEll)EGGER ,\Nl) ",\NT, TfIRH GIJIDING QUESTIONS '0;
fr""k Scbalow
12. IIEIDEGGER AND GER~IAN !DEAUS.\I '"
reler Trawny
13. HEIDEGGER AND NIETZSCHE '"
Ullricb Haa",
14. HEIDEGGER AND DlLTlIEY, A DJJ'FERENCE IN 1l\,'TERPRETATION 129
Eric S. I>.'elmn
15. HEIDEGGER AND IIUSSERL
Le,!;. MacA"""
16. HEiDEGGER. NEO.K. .\ "''TIANIS~l. AND CASSIRER '"
!'eur E. Gordo"
17. HEIDEGGER AND CARNAP, DISAG REUNG ,\BOUT NOTHIl'G! 151
Eric S. Net,on
I~. HEI()EGGER ,\N[) ARENln, HIE LAWFUL SPACE o r
WORLDLY Al'!'E.~RA"CE '"
r.g
/hrmi"gham
19. IIEIDEGGER AND GADA1I.tER '"
Emilia Angelo,,",
20. HEIDEGGER AND 1I.t,\RCUSE: ON REIHCATION ANI)
COl'CRETE PH1LOSOPIIY
Andrew feen!>"'g
PART 111: KEY WRITINGS
21. EARLY LECfURE COURSES '"
Scott M. c,mpbdl
22. HEIDEGGER, PERSUASIO"",,A,,",D ARISTOTLE'S RHETORIC '"
r. Ci>ri.lopber Smil"
23. IIEING ANDTI~lE '"
J.
Dem,i, .~cb",idt
24. TIlE ORIGIN OFTI IE WORK OF ART '"
Gregory Sebu/mder
25. 1l>'.TRODUCTIONTO METAPHYSICS 20'
Gregory fried
26. CONTRlBlJTlONS TO PI IILOSOPI IY
reurTrawny
.,
CONTE1'.'TS
27. TIlE 116LDERLlN LECTURES 223
W/i1I,~", McNejll
2~. TIlE "LETI'EK ON HU~\ ..\ 1\'IS.\l ·, EK·SISTENCE. HEING.
AND L\NGlI,\GE
An(ire", J. Mi,ch.1I
29. THE BREMEN LECTURES
Andrew J. Milchell
30. LATER ESSAYS AND SEMIN,\RS '"
Lu B,~<""
I'ART IV, THEMES AND TOI'ICS
". m '"
Andreu, Bowi.
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BIRTH AI'D DEATlI '"
Ann, 0'8 Y'"'
,;. TilE BODY '"
KevmAho
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DASEIN m
F"'"fOis Raffoul
35. EII.EIGNIS 283
D,mid.s Vallcg.s·Ncl<
K ETIlICS '"
F"'"fOis Raffoul
".
THE FOURFOLD '"
Andrew J. Milch.1I
'".
LAI'GUAGE '"'
Jolm McCumber
".
THE NOTHING '"
Gregory Schu("jdcr
'".
Ot-.'TOTIIEOLOGY '"
lain Thomson
.L m
RELIGION AND THEOLOGY
Be~ Vedder
m
42. SCIENCE
Tri,h GI..O"b",,,k
H. SPACE: TIlE OPEN IN Wlllell WE SOJOURN "5
Jolm Russon and Ki"u" Jacobson
CO",'TENTS
44. TECHNOLOGY
H"n' Rum
45. TRUHI '"
D,,"id O. O"h1"rom
PART V, RECEPTION AND INFLUENCE
".
IIEIDEGGER AND SARTRE, HISTORICITY, DESTINY, AI'D POLITICS '"
Robert Il~rna.coni
". HEIDEGGER AND MERLEAU·PONTY, TlIOUGHT IN TilE OPEN m
I1Yay"e J. from""
'".
IIEIDEGGER AND ADORNO '"
lain Macdonald
". m
HEIDEGGER AND LEVINAS
Jil/ 51"4(,,
SO HEIDEGGER AND DERRJD;\ '"'
F",nfois Raffoul
'L HEIDEGGER AND FOUCAULT '"'
Leona,d Lawlor
;>. HEIDEGGER AND DELEUz'E '"
j""".
A",/rca Sho/lo ""'/ Leo"",d L"w/or
B. IIEIDEGGER'S ANGLO·AMERICAN RECEPTION m
Le,/'. MacAIIOJI
H. HEIDEGGER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPIIY W
hi.h GI"o.ehwok
;;. IIElDEGGER AND GENDER, AN UNCANNY RETRIEVAL OF
IJEGEL'S ANTIGONE '"
,.. Tina Chamer
IIEIDEGGER AND POST·CARTESIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS '"
Robert D. Stolo.ou,
".
HEIDEGGER AND ASIAN PHILOSOPHY '"
B,er W. Da"i,
". HEIDEGGER AND LATIN A)o.!ERIC,\N PHILOSOPHY m
AI~ia"dm A ,Iu"" Val/ega
m
InJcx
VII'
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Organizing an edited volume such as this requires the cooperation and assistance of many
individuals from family and friends to colleagues, contributors, editors, and external review-
ers. An anthology is the most social form of publishing and we are each thankful to all those
individuals—first and foremost our contributors—who have directly and indirectly made its
publication possible. We would particularly like to express our gratitude to Iain Thomson
for suggesting that we pursue this volume and our editors at Continuum/Bloomsbury, David
Avital, Sarah Campbell and Rachel Eisenhauer. We thank them for their patience and con-
fidence. Our gratitude to Delbert Burkett, Seynaeve Professor of Biblical Studies and Chair
of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies at Louisiana State University, for his
advice and support. We also want to thank Alice Frye for her patient encouragement and
assistance as well as Meli Badilla for her generous support and lively spirit.
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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
GERMAN EDITION
(GA): Martin Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe (Frankfurt am Main: vittorio Klostermann,
1978–)
GA 1: Frühe Schriften, ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, 1978
GA 2: Sein und Zeit (1927), ed. Friedrich Wilhelm von Herrmann, 1977
GA 3: Kant und das Problem der Metaphysik (1929), ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann,
2nd edn, 2010
GA 4: Erläuterungen zu Hölderlins Dichtung (1936–68), ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von
Herrmann, 1981
GA 5: Holzwege, ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Hermann, 1977
GA 6.1: Nietzsche I (1936–9), ed. Brigitte Schillbach, 1996
GA 6.2: Nietzsche II (1939–46), ed. Brigitte Schillbach, 1997
GA 7: Vorträge und Aufsätze (1936–53), ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, 2000
GA 8: Was heißt Denken? (1951–2), ed. Paola-Ludovika Coriando, 2002
GA 9: Wegmarken, ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Hermann, 1976
GA 11: identität und Differenz (1955–7), ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, 2006
GA 12: Unterwegs zur Sprache, ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, 1985
GA 13: Aus der Erfahrung des Denkens, ed. Hermann Heidegger, 1983
GA 14: Zur Sache des Denkens, ed. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Herrmann, 1962
GA 15: Seminare, ed, Curd Ochwadt, 1981
GA 16: Reden und andere Zeugnisse eines Lebensweges, ed. Hermann Heidegger, 2000
GA 18: Grundbegriffe der aristotelischen Philosophie, ed. M. Michalski, 2002
GA 19: Platon: Sophistes, ed. Ingeborg Schüßler, 1992
GA 20: Geschichte des Zeitbegriffs. Prolegomena zur Phänomenologie von Geschichte und
Natur, ed. Petra Jaeger, 3rd edn, 1994
GA 21: Logik. Die Frage nach der Wahrheit, ed. Walter Biemel, 2nd edn, 1995
GA 22: Die Grundbegriffe der antiken Philosophie, ed. Franz-Karl Blust, 1993
GA 23: Geschichte der Philosophie von Thomas von Aquin bis Kant, ed. H. vetter, 2006
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