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  • Being and Truth

    by Martin Heidegger ...
    Translated by Gregory Fried, Richard Polt ...
    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    A "well-crafted and careful rendering of an important and demanding volume" covering the philosopher's views on language, life, and politics (Andrew Mitchell, Emory University).In these lectures, delivered in 1933-1934 while he was Rector of the University of Freiburg and an active supporter of the National Socialist regime, Martin Heidegger addresses the history of metaphysics and the notion of ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Heidegger

    An Introduction

    by Richard Polt ...
    Heidegger is a classic introduction to Heidegger's notoriously difficult work. Truly accessible, it combines clarity of exposition with an authoritative handling of the subject-matter. Richard Polt has written a work that will become the standard text for students looking to understand one of the century's greatest minds. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Typewriter Revolution

    A Typist's Companion for the 21st Century

    by Richard Polt ...
    The connoisseur's guide to the typewriter, entertaining and practicalWhat do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists, and musicians have in common? They love typewriters—the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow for self-reliance, privacy, and coherence against dependency, surveillance, ... Read more

    $18.49 USD

  • Heidegger On Presence

    by Richard Polt ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger
    Heidegger calls the thought that 'being is presence' the 'thunderbolt' that led him to link being and time and inspired his deconstruction of Western metaphysics. However, the scope of the concept of presence varies in his texts; the narrower it is, the more dramatic yet less plausible is his 'thunderbolt.' What is presence? Does Heidegger ultimately reject presence as the meaning of being, or ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Heidegger

    An Introduction

    by Richard Polt ...
    Heidegger provides a lively and accessible introduction to one of the most influential and intellectually demanding philosophers of the modern era. Covering the entire range of Heidegger's thought but focusing on his key work, Being and Time, Richard Polt skillfully guides readers through the texts using clear examples and vivid language. This second edition features biographical insights, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Task of Philosophy in the Anthropocene

    Axial Echoes in Global Space

    Edited by Richard Polt, Jon Wittrock ...
    Series series Future Perfect: Images of the Time to Come in Philosophy, Politics and Cultural Studies
    In its early modern form, philosophy gave a decisive impetus to the science and technology that have transformed the planet and brought on the so-called Anthropocene. Can philosophy now help us understand this new age and act within it? The contributors to this volume take a broad historical view as they reflect on the responsibilities and possibilities for philosophy today.The term ‘Anthropocene’ ... Read more

    $38.09 USD

  • After Heidegger?

    Edited by Richard Polt, Gregory Fried ...
    Series series New Heidegger Research
    This unique volume collects more than 30 new essays by prominent scholars on what remains philosophically provocative in Heidegger’s thought. His writings continue to invite analysis and application — ut, particularly in the light of his political affiliations, they must also be critiqued. Philosophy today takes place after Heidegger in that his views should not be accepted naively, and there are ... Read more

    $48.59 USD

  • Time and Trauma

    Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties

    by Richard Polt ...
    Series series New Heidegger Research
    In this important new book, Richard Polt takes a fresh approach to Heidegger’s thought during his most politicized period, and works toward a philosophical appropriation of his most valuable ideas. Polt shows how central themes of the 1930s—such as inception, emergency, and the question “Who are we?”—grow from seeds planted in Being and Time and are woven into Heidegger’s political thought. ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • Heidegger's Being and Time

    Critical Essays

    by Karin de Boer, Charles Guignon, William McNeill, Günter Figal, Hubert L. Dreyfus, Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Jeffrey Andrew Bara, Jean Grondin, Graeme Nicholson, Theodore Kisiel, Steven Crowell, Dieter Thomä ...
    Series series Critical Essays on the Classics Series
    Heidegger's Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger's most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with general methodological and ontological questions, particular issues in Heidegger's text, and the relation between Being and Time and Heidegger's later thought. All of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Nature, History, State

    1933-1934

    by Martin Heidegger ...
    Translated by Gregory Fried, Richard Polt ...
    Series series Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers
    Nature, History, State: 1933-1934 presents the first complete English-language translation of Heidegger's seminar 'On the Essence and Concepts of Nature, History and State', together with full introductory material and interpretive essays by five leading thinkers and scholars: Robert Bernasconi, Peter Eli Gordon, Marion Heinz, Theodore Kisiel and Slavoj Žižek.The seminar, which was held while ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Heidegger and Language

    by Daniel O. Dahlstrom, Krzysztof Ziarek, Daniela Vallega-Neu, Richard Polt, William McNeill, John Sallis, Peter Hanly, Françoise Dastur, Dennis J. Schmidt, Walter Brogan ...
    Series series Studies in Continental Thought
    The essays collected in this volume take a new look at the role of language in the thought of Martin Heidegger to reassess its significance for contemporary philosophy. They consider such topics as Heidegger's engagement with the Greeks, expression in language, poetry, the language of art and politics, and the question of truth. Heidegger left his unique stamp on language, giving it its own force ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Emergency of Being

    On Heidegger's "Contributions to Philosophy"

    by Richard Polt ...
    "The heart of history, for Heidegger, is not a sequence of occurrences but the eruption of significance at critical junctures that bring us into our own by making all being, including our being, into an urgent issue. In emergency, being emerges."—from The Emergency of BeingThe esoteric Contributions to Philosophy, often considered Martin Heidegger's second main work after Being and Time, is ... Read more

    $28.49 USD