Heidegger

by Michael Watts

"Michael Watts nos ofrece un relato excepcionalmente claro y legible de Ser y tiempo, al mismo tiempo que realiza la difícil hazaña de entretejerlo con un relato de los últimos escritos de Heidegger. Este libro proporciona al no iniciado una valiosa guía por las complejidades del pensamiento de Heidegger así como estimula el interés de todos aquellos que ya están en el camino"

Genres: Philosophy

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

Reviews

[Mahdi Khalil Nejad]

همونطور که فکر میکردم. فلسفه هایدگر هرچند که بسیار جالب و جدید میاد اما در همون حد آشنایی باهاش بنظر کافی میاد.
اگه مغز حرفش رو فهمیده باشیم بنظر نیازی نمیاد بیشتر از این ازش مطالعه ای داشته باشیم.
کتابی کوتاه و مختصر با ترجمه ای خیلی خوب که تقریبا بیشتر مباحث اصلی پرداخته شده از هایدگر رو پوشش میده.

[Afshin Nikkhoo]

این کتاب تحت عنوان مقدمه‌ای بر فلسفه‌ی هایدگر ترجمه شده و کتاب خوبی برای آشنایی با طرز فکر و ترمینولوژی هایدگره. من این کتابو بخاطر این که در فهم کتاب هستی و زمان هایدگر مشکل داشتم خریدم.

[Jim]

German philosophy is a world in itself, enwrapped in the intricacies of the German language. Still, Michael Watts's Heidegger does tend to make some sense out of all this -- even though I feel that many of Heidegger's philosophical terms are slipping away from me even as I write this review.

My own preference is for the philosophers of French existentialism, mainly because they were able to exemplify their philosophy in stories, such as those of Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus. Heidegger, being a rural Black Forest German, was trapped in his own difficult-communications-being unable to show his philosophy in action.

This is not to invalidate his work. As a non-philosopher and non-mathematician, it is that I have a different way of seeing the world.

[Nicholas]

For such a small book it seems inept to cover the life and theories of one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th Century. Nevertheless Watts (so far) has authored a susinct insight into the interesting (though complex) world that is Heidegger. 

I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking for a starting place on Heidegger. 

[Ralph Burton]

A pretty solid intro. I would’ve liked some more clarity on the Nazi section of his career as if that were on a CV it would be hard to justify.