Heidegger: A Guide for the Perplexed

Guides for the Perplexed

by David R. Cerbone

A Guide for the Perplexed is a thorough, cogent and reliable account of Heidegger's philosophy, ideal for the student who needs to reach a sound understanding of this complex and important thinker. The book covers Heidegger's philosophy in its entirety, including an exposition of Being and Time and examination of ideas central to his later work. His conceptions of both ontology and phenomenology are explored in full, as is the concept of Dasein, Heidegger's term for the human way of existence.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published June 19, 2008

Reviews

[Tùng Đỗ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Martin Heidegger's original writing was obscure for me at first, so I resorted to this book for a deeper comprehension of Heidegger's ideas. It did not disappoint me as David R. Cerbone had expressed Heidegger's terms in a more simple and straightforward manner with lots of vivid examples to illustrate them. Given how much difficulty I encountered while reading the original work of Heidegger and the considerably more ease with which I read this book, I think it fairly deserves 4 stars.