Heidegger and His Platonic Critics

This Element introduces the arguments of three prominent Platonic critics of Heidegger - Leo Strauss (1899-1973), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900-2002), and Jan Patoc?ka (1907-1977) - with the aim of evaluating the trenchancy of their criticisms.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Strauss' Zetetic Platonism; 3. Gadamer's Dialogical Platonism 4. Patočka's Negative Platonism; 5. Conclusion: Heidegger and the Plato Who Could Have Been; List of Abbreviations; References.

Summary

This Element introduces the arguments of three prominent Platonic critics of Heidegger – Leo Strauss (1899–1973), Hans-Georg Gadamer (1900–2002), and Jan Patoc?ka (1907–1977) – with the aim of evaluating the trenchancy of their criticisms.

Foreword

This Element puts Heidegger in dialogue with three of his prominent Platonic critics: Leo Strauss, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Jan Patočka.

Product details

• Authors: Antoine Pageau-St-Hilaire, Antoine (Boston University and Pageau-St-Hilaire
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2025
• EAN: 9781009582520
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0958252-0
• No. of pages: 82
• Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; History of Ideas, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Western philosophy from c 1800, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500