A way into Being and Time
Heidegger’s book can be difficult to begin, even when its questions already feel close to your life. In these four sessions, I help you get oriented in its central questions and vocabulary.
Four sessions. Four questions.
1. The question of being
What do we mean when we say that something is?
2. Being-in-the-world
What does Heidegger mean by being-in-the-world, and why does he begin his account of human existence there?
3. Dasein as a whole
What would an understanding of Dasein as a whole need to include?
4. Authenticity
What is at stake in the distinction between authentic and inauthentic existence?
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What you get
Four recorded sessions, about four hours and twenty minutes in total, with audio files, course notes, and the bonus What is Dasein? The lectures use the Schmidt/Stambaugh translation.
For readers coming to Heidegger for the first time, or returning to a book they have struggled to read. Follow the lectures alongside your own reading, with the four questions above as starting points.
