Eclipse of the Self: The Development of Heidegger's Concept of Authenticity

by Michael E. Zimmerman

Book Overview

Although it is sometimes said that Martin Heidegger's later philosophy no longer concerned itself with the theme of authenticity so crucial to Being and Time (1927), this book argues that his interest in authenticity was always strong.

After leaving the seminary to become a philosophy student, Heidegger began to "de-mythologize" religious themes for his own philosophical purposes. Like the Christian notion of faith, Heidegger's notion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821406019
• ISBN13: 9780821406014
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"