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Heidegger and the Essence of Man
Author(s): Michel Haar (Author)
- Publisher: State University of New York Press
- Publication Date: 14 Sept. 1993
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 232 pages
- ISBN-10: 0791415562
- ISBN-13: 9780791415566
Book Description
Michel Haar argues that Heidegger went too far in transferring all traditional properties of man to being. Haar examines what is left, after this displacement, not only of human identity, but perhaps more importantly, of nature, life, embodiment–of the flesh of human existence. This sensitive yet critical reading of Heidegger raises such issues in relation to questions of language, technology, human freedom, and history. In doing so, it provides a compelling argument for the need to rethink what it means to be human.
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About the Author
William McNeill is Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University and is the author of The Glance of the Eye: Heidegger, Aristotle, and the Ends of Theory, also published by SUNY Press.
