Being and Time
(July 2010)
A Revised Edition of the Stambaugh Translation Martin Heidegger - Author Joan Stambaugh - Translator Dennis J. Schmidt - Revised and with a Foreword by
A revised translation of Heidegger’s most important work.
The publication in 1927 of Martin Heidegger’s magnum opus signaled an intellectual event of the first order and had an impact in fields far beyond that of philosophy proper. Being and Timehas long been recognized as a landmark work of the twentieth century for its original analyses of the character of philosophic inqui...(Read More)
Bringing together the depth insights of eastern and western traditions, this book places the topic of the self in a new context.
"I confess that this work--from the perspective of exposition, analysis, interpretation, application, and stimulation--is, I believe, just about as good as it gets. This book is an unexcelled example of comparative philosophy. Stambaugh's uses of Kant, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Tillich, etc. to illumine Bu...(Read More)
Being and Time
(October 1996)
A Translation of Sein und Zeit Martin Heidegger - Author Joan Stambaugh - Translator
A new, definitive translation of Heidegger’s most important work.
The publication of Martin Heidegger’s magnum opus, Being and Time, in 1927 signaled an intellectual event of the first order and had an impact in fields far beyond that of philosophy proper. Among the most complex and original analyses of the character of philosophic inquiry and the relation of the possibility of such inquiry ...(Read More)
"Nietzsche is more important today than ever. Widely read, and co-opted into almost every conceivable philosophical fad and fashion, he is urgently in need of the rescue this fine volume provides. The book is a rich feast of new insights into Nietzsche's texts, and into the philosophical questions they pose.
"Stambaugh is an internationally-recognized authority on Nietzsche. She knows the texts backwards and forwards--and is keyed in to al...(Read More)
"This book shows great insight into the main thrust of Heidegger's complex body of work, provides many clarifying examples, offers helpful parallels with the thought of other philosophers. And, perhaps most important of all, Stambaugh shows that her topic transcends narrow scholarly concerns, addressing the age-old and perennially vital question of the nature and limits of human knowledge and power.
"The author has a first-class reputation a...(Read More)
What is real? What is man? Beginning with these two fundamental questions, The Real is not the Rational searches back into the history of philosophy for the development of these issues. It presents selected key stages in the history of the rationalist tradition, indicating the direction in which rationalism sought what is real. The role of non-rationalist tendencies within rationalism and the shift to an emphasis on the irrational in the ...(Read More)
