Language and Being Heidegger's Linguistics [Hardcover]

Martin Heidegger's radical and, for that, controversial reflections on language were not simply a passing interest in his thinking, but a fundamental, career-long concern arguably as significant to him as his study of being.

This book traces the intimate connection between language and being in Heidegger's philosophy, and shows how they cannot be understood apart from one another. It discusses why Heidegger's undervalued philosophy of language is increasingly important, how it figures in the wider context of his work, and how it is to be approached and understood for our times. This includes the significance to Heidegger of being, the logos principle, etymology, phenomenology, mysticism, and poetry.

Illuminating a difficult yet highly significant area in Heidegger's thinking, Williams provides an insightful and authoritative interpretation of the topic.

Duane Williamsteaches and researches in the Theology, Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Liverpool Hope University. His first book,The Linguistic Christwas published in 2011. He is the editor of Medieval Mystical Theology: The Journal of the Eckhart Society, and co-facilitator of the Association for Continental Philosophy of Religion.One of the virtues of this study is its direct and accessible style & [It] offers a helpful interpretation of the relation of language and Being in Heidegger's thought, and can be recommended as providing a courageous effort to grapple with an immensely difficult topic. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews

Introduction

Interpreting Heidegger
Heidegger's Approach
Heidegger and Language
Mystical Heidegger
Heidegger and the Logos
Structure and Scope

Chapter 1. The Forgetting Of Being

1. 1. The Fundamental Question
1. 2. Ontotheology
1. 3. The Isness of Being
1. 4. The Ontological Difference

Chapter 2. The Attunement Of Language To Being

2. 1. The Whatness of What
2. 2. Co-respondencelÃ$