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CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Heidegger'S Later Philosophy by Julian Young
Heideggers later philosophy has often been regarded as a lapse into unintelligible mysticism. While not ignoring its deep and difficult complexities, Julian Youngs book explains in simple and straightforward language just what it is all about. It examines Heideggers identification of loss of the gods, the violence of technology, and humanitys homelessness as symptoms of the destitution of modernity, and his notion that overcoming oblivion of Being is the essence of a turning to a post-destitute, genuinely post-modern existence. Young argues that Heideggers conception of such an overcoming is profoundly fruitful with respect to the ancient quest to discover the nature of the good life. His book will be an invaluable resource for both students and scholars of Heideggers works.show more