Heidegger's 'Being and Time': A Reader's Guide
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Overview
Heidegger’s Being and Time is one of the most influential and controversial philosophical treatises of the 20th century. But what exactly are the ideas that so profoundly impacted Sartre’s existentialism, influenced Gadamer’s hermeneutics, and paved the way for the emergence of deconstruction? And what or who is ’Dasein’?
Answering these questions and more, this guide is an essential resource for anyone wanting to get to grips with Heidegger’s magnum opus. Updated with the latest scholarship, the new 2nd edition features:
· Updated and increased engagement with the secondary literature on the treatise.
· Expanded coverage to guide readers through both Division I and Division II, elucidating Heidegger’s thinking on time, history, and space
· References throughout to the leading English translations by Macquarrie and Robinson
· Updated study questions linking complex philosophical concepts to everyday life and an extended glossary of key terms
Provides students with everything they need to understand Heidegger’s magnum opus: its main arguments, themes, terminology, reception, and continuing influence.
Expands the coverage of the 1st edition to deal with the whole of Being and Time, including the entire Division II and Heidegger’s thinking on time, history, and space
Unpacks Heidegger’s notoriously difficult text by using updated examples relating to everyday life, literature, and popular culture
Easy-to-use as it works progressively through the text and the main themes of Heidegger’s discussion
Updated to take into account recent developments in Heidegger scholarship, such as the Black Notebooks, which document the philosopher’s Nazism and which were not yet published when the first edition appeared
The glossary is expanded to explain more of Heidegger’s jargon, and the study questions increased and updated to encourage further reflection on the text’s main themes
Includes references throughout to both of the key English translations of Being and Time (Macquarrie & Robinson and Stambaugh & Schmidt) to ensure it can be used by readers of both texts
Acknowledgements
1. Context
2. Overview of Themes
3. Reading Division I
3.1 Ontology
3.2 Phenomenology
3.3 Existence
3.4 Being-in-the-World
3.5 The World
3.6 Significance & Worldhood
3.7 The Self & the Anyone
3.8 Disclosedness & the There
3.9 Disposedness
3.10 Understanding & Interpretation
3.11 Language
3.12 Realism and Idealism in Being and Time
3.13 Truth
4. Reading Division II
4.1 Everyday, Owned, and Disowned Life
4.2 Falling
4.3 Anxiety
4.4 Death, Guilt, & Conscience
4.5 Resoluteness & Self-Ownership
4.6 Existential Temporality
4.7 History
5. Reception and Influence
Glossary
Index
Whether one is an instructor looking to assign a companion volume to Being and Time on a syllabus, or a student approaching this text for the first time [...] Blattner’s introduction will serve you well.
A most welcome expansion that now guides readers through the entirety of Being and Time. Students of Heidegger at all levels will profit from Blattner’s expert guidance for making sense of the previously omitted – and notoriously difficult – late chapters on time and temporality.
This second edition of Heidegger’s Being and Time retains the features that made the first edition an indispensable resource: astute presentations of the main concepts, lively examples, and telling comparisons with other philosophical approaches. A completely new section on temporality and historicality, with reflections on Heidegger’s controversial relation to National Socialism, make this a perfect first choice for readers who want a clear path through Heidegger’s most important work.
This second edition improves upon what was already the best compact but thorough introduction to Heidegger’s Being and Time in English. Blattner’s critical interpretation is required reading for anyone who wants to understand what remains one of the most important philosophical works of the twentieth century.
This is the best introductory guide to Being and Time on the market today. Blattner succeeds in setting out Heidegger’s thought with remarkable clarity and precision. Beginning students and scholars alike will find this to be an essential resource for exploring Heidegger’s seminal work.
- Title: Heidegger's 'Being and Time': A Reader's Guide
- Author: William Blattner
- Series: Reader's Guides
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 304
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781350328129, 9781350328099, 135032809X, 135032812X
- Resource ID: LLS:9781350328129
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T10:13:49Z
William Blattner is Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, USA. He specialises in modern German philosophy, including Heidegger, phenomenology, and Kant, and is former Director of the International Society for Phenomenological Studies.