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Ponderings : Black notebooks / Martin Heidegger ; translated by Richard Rojcewicz.

Author/creator Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016-
Descriptionvolumes ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Uniform titleSchwarze Hefte. Selections. English
Series Studies in Continental thought
Studies in Continental thought. ^A257541
Contents [volume 1]. II-VI (1931-1938) -- [volume 2]. VII-XI (1938-1939) -- [volume 3]. XII-XV (1939-1941)
Abstract "Ponderings II-VI begins the much-anticipated English translation of Martin Heidegger's "Black Notebooks." In a series of small notebooks with black covers, Heidegger confided sundry personal observations and ideas over the course of 40 years. The five notebooks in this volume were written between 1931 and 1938 and thus chronicle Heidegger's year as Rector of the University of Freiburg during the Nazi era. Published in German as volume 94 of the Complete Works, these challenging and fascinating journal entries shed light on Heidegger's philosophical development regarding his central question of what it means to be, but also on his relation to National Socialism and the revolutionary atmosphere of the 1930s in Germany. Readers previously familiar only with excerpts taken out of context may now determine for themselves whether the controversy and censure the "Black Notebooks" have received are deserved or not."-- Amazon.com.
Abstract Ponderings VII-XI. "Through these broad and sprawling notebooks, Heidegger offers fascinating opinions on Holderlin, Nietzsche, Wagner, Wittgenstein, Pascal, and many others. The importance of the Black Notebooks transcends Heidegger's relationship with National Socialism. These personal notebooks contain reflections on technology, art, Christianity, the history of philosophy, and Heidegger's attempt to move beyond that history into another beginning."--Publisher.
Abstract "Ponderings XII-XV is third in a series of four "Black Notebooks" which Martin Heidegger composed in the early years of World War II. As always with Heidegger, the thoughts expressed here are not superficial reflections on current events, but instead penetrate deeply into them in order to contemplate their historical importance. Throughout his ponderings, Heidegger meditates on the call for an antidote to the rampant technological attitude which views all things with a dismissive consumer mentality. Although this volume caused quite a scandal when originally published in German due to references to World-Judaism, English readers with access to the full text can now judge for themselves what Heidegger means in his use of that term. In style, this notebook is less aphoristic and more sustained than the previous ones, but remains probing, challenging, and fascinating."--Publisher.
General noteIncludes index.
General note[1]. II-VI (1931-1938)
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LanguageTranslated from the German.
Genre/formNotebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
LCCN 2015035416
ISBN9780253020673 (vol 1 cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0253020670 (vol 1 cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780253024718 (vol 2 cloth)
ISBN0253024714 (vol 2 cloth)
ISBN9780253025036 (vol 2 e-bk)
ISBN0253025036 (vol 2 e-bk)
ISBN9780253029317
ISBN0253029317

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