Contributions to Philosophy: (Of the Event) (Studies in Continental Thought)

Name: Contributions to Philosophy: (Of the Event) (Studies in Continental Thought)
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Author: Martin Heidegger

by Martin Heidegger

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You're a philosophy student or academic who's wrestled with Being and Time and want to understand Heidegger's later work on its own terms.
You're interested in 20th-century Continental thought and want to trace how one of philosophy's most influential minds evolved.
You appreciate rigorous translations that prioritise clarity over word-for-word literalism.

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You're looking for a quick introduction to Heidegger. This is dense material written as private notes, not a teaching text.
You prefer linear arguments that build step by step. These fragments jump around deliberately and demand active engagement.
You're new to philosophy generally. Start with secondary sources or Being and Time first.

About this book

Martin Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy, written in the late 1930s and published posthumously in 1989, is widely regarded as his second major work after Being and Time. The text lays groundwork for Heidegger's later writings by establishing a new conception of thought and being, rooted in the event of appropriation. Originally composed as private ponderings not intended for publication, the work is nonlinear and departs from traditional approaches to thinking. This translation aims to present Heidegger's ideas in clear and straightforward language, providing direct access to this development in his philosophy of being.

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