Transcendence in Heidegger s Early Thought

This book demonstrates how Heidegger's departure from ontotheology occurs initially as a preparation for the concept of Dasein's transcendence and subsequently as its explicit development and overcoming. Dasein's transcendence is revealed as the foundation for the subsequent concept of Beyng as an Event, which stands in contrast to all ontotheological perspectives that assert a singular a priori foundation of the universe attributed to beings, God, consciousness, or even an independent "process" of Being that doesn't rely on Dasein. The book illustrates that transcendence is not an attribute of human consciousness or a connection to something external to it. Instead, as a "primal act," transcendence paves the way for a non-representational dwelling in the essence of a historically unfolding Being, a contemplative recollection of the truth of Beyng. Throughout the book, there is a gradual progression towards an understanding of transcendence as an active engagement, wherein we "do" transcendence. This process involves a reconstruction of the ontological significance of action, emphasizing its performative embeddedness in existence and its inseparability from Beyng.

Argues that the idea of transcendence is central to Heidegger's later work on authenticity Provides the first systematic account of Heidegger's notion of transcendence Shows the influence of neo-Kantianism on Heidegger's early thought

Auteur

Erik Kuravsky has a PhD. and an MA in Philosophy from the university of Tel Aviv. Currently he is a Minerva Stiftung Post-doc fellow in the University of Erfurt. He has published both on early and late Heidegger as well as on the philosophy of Merab Mamardashvili.

Contenu
Part I. Problematizing Transcendental Subjectivity: The Genesis of Heidegger's Transcendence.- 1. The Early Neo-Kantian Origins and the Problem of Encounter.- 2. The Transcendence of Life as an Event of Experience.- Part II. Heidegger's Transcendental Phenomenology as the Philosophy of Transcendence.- 3. The Transcendental Logic of Dasein.- 4. Transcendence as Being-in-the-World.- 5. The Transcendental Performativity of Existence.- 6. The Temporal Structure of Transcendence.- Part III. Transcendental Freedom and Beyng as Event. 7. The Metontological Side of Transcendence.- 8. Authenticity as Explicit Transcendence.- 9. Transcendence as the Quasi-Agency of Beyng.- 10. Transcendence as the Task of Philosophy.