A Companion to Heidegger's Introduction to

Martin Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics, first published in 1953, is a highly significant work by a towering figure in twentieth-century philosophy. The volume is known for its incisive analysis of the Western understanding of Being, its original interpretations of Greek philosophy and poetry, and its vehement political statements. This new companion to the Introduction to Metaphysics presents an overview of Heidegger's text and a variety of perspectives on its interpretation from more than a dozen highly respected contributors.

In the editors' introduction to the book, Richard Polt and Gregory Fried alert readers to the important themes and problems of Introduction to Metaphysics. The contributors then offer original essays on three broad topics: the question of Being, Heidegger and the Greeks, and politics and ethics. Both for readers who are approaching Heidegger for the first time and for those who are studying Heidegger on an advanced level, this Companion offers a clear guide to one of the philosopher's most difficult yet most influential writing

Editor's Introduction

vii

Bibliographical Note

xiv

Part I THE QUESTION OF BEING

Kehre and Ereignis: A Prolegomenon to Introduction to Metaphysics

3

(14)

Thomas Sheehan

The Appearance of Metaphysics

17

(17)

Charles E. Scott

Being as Appearing: Retrieving the Greek Experience of Phusis

34

(23)

Charles Guignon

The Question of Nothing

57

(26)

Richard Polt

The Scattered Logos: Metaphysics and the Logical Prejudice

83

(20)

Daniel Dahlstrom

The Name on the Edge of Language: A Complication in Heidegger's Theory of Language and Its Consequences

103

(22)

Dieter Thoma

Part II HEIDEGGER AND THE GREEKS

What's in a World? Heidegger's Grammar and Etymology of ``Being''

125

(18)

Gregory Fried

Heidegger's Interpretation of Phusis in Introduction to Metaphysics

143

(18)

Susan Schoenbohm

Heidegger's Antigones

161

(24)

Clare Pearson Geiman

Part III POLITICS AND ETHICS

The Ontological Decline of the West

185

(20)

Michael E. Zimmerman

``Conflict Is the Father of All Things'': Heidegger's Polemical Conception of Politics

205

(21)

Hans Sluga

Heidegger's Philosophical Geopolitics in the Third Reich

226

(24)

Theodore Kisiel

At the Crossroads of Freedom: Ethics Without Values

250

(13)

Frank Schalow

Notes

263

(68)

About the Contributors

331

(2)

Index

333

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A Companion to Heidegger's "Introduction to Metaphysics"

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