The Heidegger Dictionary - (Bloomsbury Philosophy Dictionaries) 2nd Edition by Daniel O Dahlstrom (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Now in its 2nd edition, this up-to-date guide provides students with everything they need to understand the philosophy of Martin Heidegger: his life, key concepts, writings, influences and reception"--

Book Synopsis

A 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title

What does Heidegger mean by 'Dasein'? What does he say in Being and Time? How does his phenomenology differ to that of his teacher, Husserl?

Answering these questions and more, The Heidegger Dictionary provides students with all the tools they need to better understand one of the most influential yet complex philosophers of the 20th century. Easy to use and navigate, this book is divided into four main parts, covering Heidegger's life, ideas and innovative terminology, related thinkers, and published and unpublished works.

Updated with significant new material throughout, the 2nd edition has been expanded to engage with the latest Heidegger scholarship, and features:

- A new A-Z section on Heidegger's influences, past and contemporary, from Aristotle and Nietzsche to Husserl and Dilthey
- Summaries of Heidegger's entire 102-volume Collected Works, including the Black Notebooks
- Expanded coverage of Heidegger's thought, with straightforward explanations of his views on modernity, science and more
- An updated glossary of Heidegger's key terms, listing all the major translation alternatives alongside his original German

Providing a road-map to how Heidegger's ideas developed over his long philosophical career, this is an essential research companion for all students of Heidegger, from beginners to the advanced.

Review Quotes

"The greatly expanded second edition of Dahlstrom's Heidegger Dictionary now discusses the Black Notebooks and comments on all the available volumes of Heidegger's collected writings, now nearing completion. Readers of Heidegger will turn often to this tour de force of erudition and judgment." --Richard Polt, Professor of Philosophy, Xavier University, USA

"The Heidegger Dictionary represents a unique guide for whoever is interested in Heidegger's philosophy. In this volume, Daniel Dahlstrom offers an elegant and detailed discussion of all of the major facets of Heidegger's thought. Rigorous scholarship, coupled with an impressive familiarity with both the Analytic and Continental secondary literatures, makes The Heidegger Dictionary the best and most systematic introduction to one of the most extraordinary thinkers of the twentieth century available." --Filippo Casati, Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, USA

"Dahlstrom's Heidegger Dictionary offers the reader a well-rounded and coherent account of Heidegger's thinking, whatever path they take through its entries. For the novice, it is a great introduction to Heidegger, for the scholar, it can spark new insights from seemingly familiar material." --Andrew J. Mitchell, Professor of Philosophy, Emory University, USA

About the Author

Daniel O. Dahlstrom is John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy at Boston University, USA. He is the author of numerous books on Heidegger and was the Presiding Officer of the Heidegger Circle (2008-11).