Heidegger's "Being and Time" The Analytic of Dasein as Fundamental Ontology

by Joseph J. Kockelmans

In Heidegger's "Being and Time", the author locates the main themes of Heidegger's seminal work within their historical context and, in the process, familiarizes the reader with the terminology and background information relevant to understanding Heidegger's text. This study of what is arguably the greatest philosophical text of the century takes the ontological view of Heidegger's work. Here the author presents a precise formulation of the genuine problem of the meaning of Being, an explanation of the fact that Being is for us problematic and should be so, and a precise determination and articulation of the mode of Being of man (using the hermeneutical and transcendental analytic of Dasein). Contents: I. The Preparatory Fundamental nalysis of Dasein II. Dasein and Temporality. Bibliography. Index. Co-published with The Center for Advanced Research in Phenomenology.

374 pages, Hardcover

First published November 28, 1989

About the author

Joseph J. Kockelmans, is a member of the New York Academy of Sciences. He is the author of three books on Husserl's philosophy and has also written extensively on Heidegger and Merleau-Ponty.