Description: Original and critical essays by leading scholars on the question of the human in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.
Brief description: Jeff Malpas is Emeritus Distinguished Professor at the University of Tasmania in Australia. His many books include Rethinking Dwelling: Heidegger, Place, Architecture and The Fundamental Field: Thought, Poetics, World (coauthored with Kenneth White).
Review Quotes:
"Human nature and the human condition are burning topics at a time when human beings are transforming the planet and themselves, while naive anthropocentrism seems ever less viable. At this juncture, Heidegger's reflections on humanism and on the relation between being and humans are particularly worthy of questioning. The diverse essays in this collection rise to the challenge and consistently provide food for thought." -- Richard Polt, author of Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties