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Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religion

Realism and Cultural Criticism

Benjamin D Crowe author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Indiana University Press

Published:21st Nov '07

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Heidegger's interpretation of religion in the context of his critique of modernity

Throughout his long and controversial career, Martin Heidegger developed a substantial contribution to the phenomenology of religion. This book examines the key concepts and developmental phases that characterized Heidegger's work. It reveals Heidegger as a realist through careful readings of his views on religious attitudes and activities.

Throughout his long and controversial career, Martin Heidegger developed a substantial contribution to the phenomenology of religion. In Heidegger's Phenomenology of Religion, Benjamin D. Crowe examines the key concepts and developmental phases that characterized Heidegger's work. Crowe shows that Heidegger's account of the meaning and structure of religious life belongs to his larger project of exposing and criticizing the fundamental assumptions of late modern culture. He reveals Heidegger as a realist through careful readings of his views on religious attitudes and activities. Crowe challenges interpretations of Heidegger's early efforts in the phenomenology of religion and later writings on religion, including discussions of Greek religion and Hölderlin's poetry. This book is sure to spark discussion and debate as Heidegger's work in religion and the philosophy of religion becomes increasingly important to scholars and beyond.

"[This book] will be useful for those interested in the philosophy of religion, or in the philosophy of Heidegger, or in criticism of the culture of modernity." —Robert Dostal, Bryn Mawr College

ISBN: 9780253219398

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 281g

176 pages