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Being and Time
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Key facts
- Author
- Martin Heidegger
- Original title
- Sein und Zeit
- Translator
- 1962: John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson, 1996: Joan Stambaugh
- Language
- German
- Subject
- Being , time
- Published
- 1927 (in German), 1962: SCM Press , 1996: State University of New York Press , 2008: Harper Perennial Modern Thought
- Publication place
- Germany
- Pages
- 589 (Macquarrie and Robinson translation), 482 (Stambaugh translation), 656 (Welch translation)
- Isbn
- 0-631-19770-2 (Blackwell edition), 9781438432762 (State University of New York Press edition), 9780300282726 (Yale University Press edition)
- Followed by
- Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Martin Heidegger
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Main subject
- metaphysics
- Image
- Being and Time (German edition).jpg
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- title
- Sein und Zeit
- publication date
- 1927-00-00
- language of work or name
- German
- public domain date
- 2023-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Being and Time (German: Sein und Zeit) is the 1927 magnum opus of German philosopher Martin Heidegger and a key document of existentialism. Being and Time had a notable impact on subsequent philosophy, literary theory and many other fields. Though controversial, its stature in intellectual history has been compared with works by Immanuel Kant and G. W. F. Hegel. The book attempts to revive ontology through an analysis of Dasein, or "being-in-the-world." It is also noted for an array of neologisms and complex language, as well as an extended treatment of "authenticity" as a means to grasp and confront the unique and finite possibilities of the individual.
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