Heidegger's Early Philosophy The Phenomenology of Ecstatic Temporality

InHeidegger's Early Philosophy, James Luchte sets forth a comprehensive examination of Heidegger's phenomenology between 1924 and 1929, during which time Heidegger was largely concerned with a radical temporalization of thought. The book seeks to re-construct Heidegger's radical phenomenology through an interpretation of all his published and unpublished works of the period, including the 1920s lecture courses and his published works,Kant and the Problem of Metaphysicsand hismagnum opus,Being and Time. The book also explores Heidegger's relationship with other philosophers, such as Husserl, Kant and Leibniz, with respect to the question of the relationship of thought and temporality. The book addresses a significant void in the treatment of Heidegger's early phenomenology, emphasizing the importance of Heidegger's lecture courses and other works besidesBeing and Time, and thereby investigates the many fragments of Heidegger's work so as to more fully comprehend the meaning and significance of the original project. James Luchte makes an extraordinary and hugely important contribution to the field of Heidegger Studies.

IntroductionPart I: The Phenomenon of Ecstatic Temporality1. Indications of Ecstatic Temporality2. An Indigenous Conceptuality of Dasein3. Temporal Characters of Being-in-the-World4. Ecstatic Temporality and the Meaning of Being5. Kant's Thesis about Being and ExistencePart II: Destruktion of Ecstatic Temporality6. The Retrieval of Ecstatic Temporality7. The Excavation of Ecstatic Temporality8. The Articulation of Finite Knowing9. Transcendental Imagination and Ecstatic TemporalityPart III: Topos of Ecstatic Temporality10. The Metaphysical Foundations of Logic11. The 'Unity' of Ecstatic Temporality12. The Riddle of Fallenness, the Building Site of Care and Temporality13. Temporality as the Ontological Meaning of CareConclusion: The Circle of FinitudeReferences and Further ReadingNotesIndex