Heidegger's Being and Time
A Critical Guide

Provides new research on Heidegger's Being and Time through the lens of phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, metaphysics, epistemology, and feminist philosophy.

Aaron James Wendland (Edited by), Tobias Keiling (Edited by)

9781108496001, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 26 June 2025

314 pages
23.5 x 16.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.59 kg

'With a rich bibliography and a clear presentation, this volume will undoubtedly not only enrich our current philosophical work but will also be talked about for a long time to come. Its publication is a cultural event not only for English-speaking readers and scholars but for all who find in Heidegger's work, especially BT, a reason to continue to believe that, in practice, it unfolds in critique, which is not merely temporal but also possesses both an ontological basis and a metaphysical aspiration. This applies to every human endeavor, on which ST sheds an unusual light since its appearance in precarious times for Western civilization. Our congratulations to those responsible for this volume for a publication that is undoubtedly a milestone in current philosophical studies.' Macario Ofilada Mina, Religion Digital

Martin Heidegger's Being and Time, published in 1927, is widely regarded as his most important work and it has had a profound influence on twentieth-century philosophy. This Critical Guide draws on recently translated and published primary sources as well as the latest developments in Heidegger scholarship to provide a series of in-depth studies of this influential text. Twelve newly-written essays examine the unity of Being and Time; the nature of human communication; truth as a catalyst of cultural transformation; feminist approaches to Being and Time; the essence of authenticity; curiosity as an epistemic vice; the nature of rationality; realism and idealism; the ontological difference; the origin of time; the possibility of death; and the failure of the Being and Time project. The volume will be particularly valuable to students and scholars interested in phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, metaphysics, epistemology, feminism, and ethics.

Introduction: the circle of understanding Aaron James Wendland and Tobias Keiling
1. Being and time as a whole Denis McManus
2. The trouble with the ontological difference Katharine Withy
3. Heidegger's evenhanded approach to realism and idealism David Cerbone
4. Discourse as communicative expression Taylor Carman
5. On curiosity as an epistemic vice Irene McMullin
6. Rethinking being and time as a resource for feminist philosophy Charlotte Knowles
7. Authenticity, truth, and cultural transformation Aaron James Wendland
8. What does authenticity do in being and time? Sacha Golob
9. Why ask why? Retrieving reason in being and time Steven Crowell
10. Time's origin Daniel Dahlstrom
11. The possibility of death Mark Wrathall
12. Heidegger on the failure of being and time Tobias Keiling
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Western philosophy, from c 1900 - [HPCF]