Heidegger and the Thinking of Place
Explorations in the Topology of Being
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- Paperback
388 pages
- Release Date
3 March 2017
Summary
The philosophical significance of place-in Heidegger’s work and as the focus of a distinctive mode of philosophical thinking.The idea of place-topos-runs through Martin Heidegger’s thinking almost from the very start. It can be seen not only in his attachment to the famous hut in Todtnauberg but in his constant deployment of topological terms and images and in the situated, “placed” character of his thought and of its major themes and motifs. Heidegger’s work, argues Jeff Malpas, exemplifies …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262533676 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262533677 |
| Author: | Jeff Malpas |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 388 |
| Release Date: | 3 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Heidegger and the Thinking of Place |
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A brilliant job….This book constitutes another impressive achievement by Jeff Malpas in reconsidering the importance and sense of place, not only Heidegger’s work, but also more broadly in philosophy itself.
* Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *About The Author
Jeff Malpas
Jeff Malpas is Distinguished Professor at the University of Tasmania and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Latrobe University. He is the author of Heidegger’s Topology- Being, Place, World and Heidegger and the Thinking of Place- Explorations in the Topology of Being, both published by the MIT Press.
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