Four Seminars

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by Martin Heidegger,

Translated by Andrew Mitchell and Francois Raffoul

Indiana University Press

Due/Published December 2003, 120 pages, cloth

ISBN 0253343631

In Four Seminars, Heidegger reviews the entire trajectory of his thought and offers unique perspectives on fundamental aspects of his work. First published in French in 1976, these seminars were translated into German with Heidegger's approval and reissued in 1986 as part of his Gesamtausgabe, volume 15. Topics considered include the Greek understanding of presence, the ontological difference, the notion of system in German Idealism, the power of naming, the problem of technology, danger, and enowning. Heidegger's engagements with his philosophical forebears--Parmenides, Heraclitus, Kant, and Hegel--continue in surprising dialogues with his contemporaries--Husserl, Marx, and Wittgenstein. While providing important insights into how Heidegger conducted his lectures, these seminars show him in his maturity reflecting back on his philosophical path.

Contents

Translators' Foreword
Seminar in Le Thor 1966
Seminar in Le Thor 1968
Seminar in Le Thor 1969
Seminar in Zähringen 1973
German Translator's Afterword to Vier Seminare
Martin Heidegger, "The Provenance of Thinking"
German Editor's Afterword to Collected Works, volume 15
Endnotes on the Translation

Glossary: German-English; English-German