Description: An important new monograph examining Heidegger's engagement with the task of education, a concept central to his understanding of philosophy.
Review Quotes: "This book is a rare, genuinely important contribution to the study of Heidegger. This is so in a number of respects. It treats a subject vital to Heidegger but, until now, neglected (even ignored) by scholars. It provides a way into Heidegger's thought that begins from and remains true to Heidegger's self-understanding. It uncovers Heidegger's original path of thinking, one he never abandoned. It explains why and how Heidegger was set in motion by the question 'why philosophy?' It shows why and how Heidegger understands that question to be inseparable from the question of the practice of philosophy. And it thereby places the vexed question of the relationship between Heidegger's thought and his politics in its proper context. In my judgement, Ehrmantraut's book is one of the best introductions to Heidegger's thought as a whole and perhaps the best introduction to his politics." - M. Richard Zinman, University Distinguished Professor of Political Theory, Michigan State University, USA