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Informationen zum Autor Christopher Macann is Professor of Philosophy at Regent's College, London. He undertook his doctoral work under Paul Ricoeur in Paris, since which much of his professional career has been spent in America. He is the author of Kant and the Foundations of Metaphysics (1981) and Presence and Coincidence (1990), as well as Four Phenomenological Philosophers: Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty (1993). He also edited Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments (1992). Four Phenomenological Philosophers and the four volume Heidegger collection were both published by Routledge. Klappentext The eleven essays in Critical Heidegger first appeared in the much admired, four volume set, Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments, also edited by Christopher Macann. Critical Heidegger brings together in a more accessible form a selection of the best work on Martin Heidegger from a number of key commentators working in Europe. Many of the essays are translated from German and French originals - not previously available in the English language - and are an essential guide to the current European reception of Heidegger. The work presented in Critical Heidegger represents the future of Heidegger studies and will have a considerable impact on English-language Heidegger studies. Zusammenfassung Critical Heidegger presents a selection of the best works on Martin Heidegger from a number of key commentators. These new and classic essays provide an essential guide to current European reception of his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, The mirror with the triple reflection; Dasein as praxis: the Heideggerian assimilation and radicalization of the practical philosophy of Aristotle; Heidegger and Descartes; Heidegger's Kant interpretation; Critical remarks on the Heideggerian reading of Nietzsche; Heidegger's conception of space; The ekstatico-horizonal constitution of temporality; Way and method: hermeneutic phenomenology in thinking the history of being; The end of philosophy as the commencement of thinking; Does the saving power also grow? Heidegger's last paths; Heidegger's idea of truth; Wittgenstein and Heidegger: language games and life forms; Index ...