A Guide to Heidegger's Being and Time

by Magda King, John Llewelyn (Editor)

An indispensable guide to the major work of one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction, Reference

397 pages, Hardcover

First published February 28, 2001

Reviews

[Christian Kiefer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Were I to do being and time again, I think I'd skip it and read this instead. About as long and 86% clearer.

[Emre Sevinç · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was my excellent companion as I struggled with Being and Time. The author didn't try to water down anything and she provided enough context and clarification, as well as other important and critical work. I can recommend this book to anyone who's planning to read "Being and Time".

[Ian · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. It helps me review the material and try and reconstruct arguments, look at them in new ways, and listen to an academic opinion and even disagree with it to help cement my own. I bought it to augment my copy of Being in Time (Stambaugh).

[Jack Stephens · Rating 5 out of 5]

A classic (written around 1962) on Heidegger's Being and Time. It helps break down his work very well and illuminates certain aspects of the text that would go unnoticed by most of us (since we all, obviously, don't hold PhDs in ontology or phenomenology). It helped me very much when reading it along with the text itself. However I'm still slightly confused as why the editor of the book decided to use the Joan Stambaugh translation (which is much easier to read) rather than the more standard (and more well known) John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson translation.

[Leonard Houx · Rating 2 out of 5]

I am not sure of this book's position in the pantheon of Being and Time commentaries, but it is certainly way too turgid to recommend.

[Susie Burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did have to read it for a university course in Phenomenology, but after some mental adjustments this read as easily as a very good novel. Heartbreakingly important.

[Brian Martin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The only way to fully understand Heidegger’s being and time. Both books scratched all my itches on the subject. Just wish there was more on the time bit, understandably so. Very well done helping to describe the tough original text. Highly recommended.
And if you’re debating it, I think you can just read this by itself without the original text. But there is value to reading both at the same time.

[H · Rating 5 out of 5]

As expected, it’s tough going. The author does the reader the favor of repeating terminology and definitions and relationships between concepts on a regular basis. I would not recommend reading Being and Time without something like this to help.

[Mozan Marzapan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Essential companion to B&T for anglophones. Couple with Dreyfus' lectures and you're good to go.

[Justin]

Didn't seem to make it much easier to read over the original

[Gerardo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulously helpful to me. I have some background in philosophy, so I can't say how others would respond but this careful, step-by-step approach came at the right time for my gaining a better grasp of Heidegger and streams of thinking coming after him.

[Blair · Rating 3 out of 5]

An indispensable eye-opener to read along with Heidegger's historic book.

[Natasha Onoshko · Rating 4 out of 5]

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