Description
Book SynopsisDrawing on Heidegger''s corpus, the work of historians and biblical specialists, and contemporary philosophers like Levinas and Derrida, Zarader brings to light the evolution of an impenséor unthought thoughtthat bespeaks a complex debt at the core of Heidegger''s hermeneutic ontology.
Zarader argues forcefully that in his interpretation of Western thought and culture, Heidegger manages to recognize only two main lines of inheritance: the Greek line of philosophical thinking, and the Christian tradition of faith. From this perspective, Heidegger systematically avoids any explicit or meaningful recognition of the contribution made by the Hebraic biblical and exegetical traditions to Western thought and culture. Zarader argues that this avoidance is significant, not simply because it involves an inexcusable historical oversight, but more importantly because Heidegger''s own philosophical project draws on and develops themes that appear first, and fundamentally, within the
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"The Unthought Debt is an insightful and provocative work whose nuanced and far-reaching argument is sure to generate among English readers significant new discussion surrounding an already much explored topic—that of the relation between Martin Heidegger's philosophy and the traditions of Western religious thought. Zarader's study sheds important light on the significance of religious thought in Heidegger, and it does so in a way that challenges, complements, and advances scholarship already existing in English on the issue."—Thomas A. Carlson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Table of Contents
@fmct:Contents @toc2:Introduction 00 @toc1:Part I. Readings 1 Heidegger's Reading of History: The Split 000 2 The Question of Language 000 3 The Question of Thought 000 4 The Question of Interpretation 000 @toc1:Part II. Problems @toc2:1 And How Is It with Being? 000 2 The Problem of Transmission 000 3 The Hebraic Heritage and Western Thought 000 Conclusion: Deconstruction or Reconstruction? 000 @toc4:Notes 000 Bibliography 000
