Heidegger and the Greeks Interpretive Essays [Paperback]

Martin Heideggers sustained reflection on Greek thought has been increasingly recognized as a decisive feature of his own philosophical development. At the same time, this important philosophical meeting has generated considerable controversy and disagreement concerning the radical originality of Heideggers view of the Greeks and their place in his groundbreaking thinking. In Heidegger and the Greeks, an international group of distinguished philosophers sheds light on the issues raised by Heideggers encounter and engagement with the Greeks. The careful and nuanced essays brought together here shed light on how core philosophical concepts such as phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, and ethics are understood today. For readers at all levels, this volume is an invitation to continue the important dialogue with Greek thinking that was started and stimulated by Heidegger.

Contributors are Claudia Baracchi, Walter A. Brogan, G?nter Figal, Gregory Fried, Francisco J. Gonzalez, Drew A. Hyland, John Panteleimon Manoussakis, William J. Richardson, John Sallis, Dennis J. Schmidt, and Peter Warnek.

Drew A. Hyland is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy at Trinity College. He is author of Finitude and Transcendence in the Platonic Dialogues and Philosophy and Sport.

John Panteleimon Manoussakis teaches at Boston College and the American College of Greece. He is editor of After God and co-editor of Traversing the Imaginary: Encounters with Richard Kearney. He has translated Martin Heideggers Sojourns: The Journey to Greece.

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Preface Drew A. Hyland
Introduction: The Sojourn in the Light John Panteleimon Manoussakis
1. First of All Came Chaos Drew A. Hyland
2. Contributions to the Coming-to-Be of Greek Beginnings: Heidegger's Inceptive Thinking Claudia Baracchi
3. The Intractable Interrelationship of Physis and Techne Walter A. Brogan
4. Translating Innigkeit: The Belonging Together of thelSÒ