Continuum Philosophy News

New translation: Heidegger's The Concept of Time

 Furthering still our long-standing series of Heidegger translations, we have recently published The Concept of Time, translated by Ingo Farin (University of Tasmania), which any Heideggerian will no doubt want to add to his or her collection. Available in English for the first time, this first draft of Heidegger's celebrated masterpiece, Being and Time, provides a unique insight into his phenomenology.

The text presents Heidegger’s so-called Dilthey review, in which he reveals his deep commitment to Wilhelm Dilthey and Count Yorck von Wartenburg. He agrees with them that historicity must be at the centre of the new philosophy to come. However, he also argues for an ontological approach to history. From this ontological turn he develops the so-called categories of Dasein.

This work demonstrates Heidegger’s indebtedness to Yorck and Dilthey and gives further evidence to the view that thought about history is the germ cell of Being and Time. However, it also shows that Heidegger’s commitment to Dilthey was not without reservations and that his analysis of Dasein actually employs Husserl’s phenomenology. The work reopens the question of history in a broader sense, as Heidegger struggles to thematize history without aligning it with world-historical events. The text also provides a concise and readable summary of the main themes of Being and Time and as such is an ideal companion to that text.

Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology - with a difference

After a week away from the office last week, I was delighted to find on my return advance copies of Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology, edited by Sean Gaston and Ian Maclachlan. This is a book I'm particularly excited about, not only because it was a pleasure to once again work with Sean (a longstanding Continuum author), but also because it's a bit different from the usual commentaries - and I hope it's going to get a very warm reception from its readers.

Since its publication in 1967, Of Grammatologyhas had a profound impact on philosophy, literary theory and the Humanities in general. Through a series of close readings of selected passages by writers from a wide range of disciplines, this collection aims to discover anew this important work and its continuing influence. It includes new readings by such leading scholars as Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, J. Hillis Miller, Jean-Luc Nancy, Derek Attridge, Geoffrey Bennington and Nicholas Royle. It's an essential book for anyone interested in Derrida’s work, from readers new to the book to experienced researchers in philosophy, literature and the many other disciplines that Of Grammatology has transformed over the last forty years.

Reading Derrida's Of Grammatology will be available next month - in the meantime you can enjoy a preview by clicking on the image above.

Sarah

Two new Reader's Guides

If you're setting summer reading for your students, don't forget our Reader's Guides series, which offers concise and accessible introductions and guides to the major philosophical texts - each book represents the ideal reading companion for students tackling these challenging texts for the first time. Two brand new titles in the series are:

Schopenhauer's The World as Will and Representation by Robert L. Wicks (University of Auckland), which introduces students to the context, key themes and major influences on Schopenhauer's most widely read work, and;

 

 

 

 

 

Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil by Keith Ansell Pearson (University of Warwick) and Christa Davis Acampora (Hunter College, CUNY), in which two of the world's leading Nietzsche scholars present a student-friendly introduction to one of Nietzsche's most widely studied texts.

 

 

 

Every title in the Reader's Guides series offers an introduction to the historical and philosophical context of the work, an overview of themes, detailed guidance on reading the text and a summary of the work's reception and influence. They are the ideal study aid for students at all levels.