The Remains of Being: Hermeneutic Ontology After Metaphysics

by Santiago Zabala

Book Overview

In Basic Concepts, Heidegger claims that "Being is the most worn-out" and yet also that Being "remains constantly available." Santiago Zabala radicalizes the consequences of these little known but significant affirmations. Revisiting the work of Jacques Derrida, Reiner Sch rmann, Jean-Luc Nancy, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Ernst Tugendhat, and Gianni Vattimo, he finds these remains of Being within which ontological thought can still operate.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231148305
• ISBN13: 9780231148306
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 7.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher