Heidegger's Later Philosophy

by Julian Young

• ISBN13: 9780521809221
• ISBN10: 0521809223
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-12-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Heidegger's later philosophy has often been regarded as a lapse into unintelligible mysticism. While not ignoring its deep and difficult complexities, Julian Young's book explains in simple and straightforward language just what it is all about. It examines Heidegger's identification of loss of 'the gods', the violence of technology, and humanity's 'homelessness' as symptoms of the destitution of modernity, and his notion that overcoming 'oblivion of Being' is the essence of a turning to a post-destitute, genuinely post-modern existence. Young argues that Heidegger's conception of such an overcoming is profoundly fruitful with respect to the ancient quest to discover the nature of the good life. His book will be an invaluable resource for both students and scholars of Heidegger's works.

Author Biography

Julian Young is Honorary Research Associate at the University of Auckland

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
List of abbreviations	x
Introduction	1	(4)
Being, truth and metaphysics	5	(26)
Truth
being
Being
Metaphysics
The `destitution' of modernity	31	(6)
The physician of culture
Loss of the gods
The essence of modern technology	37	(26)
Ancient technology
Modern technology
The festival
Dwelling	63	(12)
What is dwelling?
Death
The human essence
The turning	75	(8)
The rejection of Luddism
Natural science
Fatalism	83	(8)
Quietism?
The ethics of dwelling	91	(14)
The fourfold
The gods
Conservation and techne
Being a guardian	105	(17)
Caring-for `earth'
Caring-for `sky'
Caring-for `gods'
Caring-for `mortals'
Fostering the growth of the saving Power	122	(7)
Love of the neighbour
Cells of resistance
Index	129