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tsharris's review against another edition
4.0
Accessible but not watered down introduction to key concepts in Heidegger. Functions essentially as an illustrated glossary, valuable given how important it is to understand his words to have some hope of understanding him.
generalheff's review against another edition
5.0
Introducing Heidegger is, like other books in this graphic guides series, a great primer on Heidegger for those with a background in the German 'philosopher of being'. Similar to the Hegel book I recently read, it expertly interweaves biographical detail into the discussion of the main themes of Heidegger's philosophy. It was particularly appreciated how this 'question of being' that was such a fixation for Heidegger is utilised as almost a story-beat in this book: it helps motivate Heidegger's philosophical moves as well as keeping the reader on track through some of the difficult discussion by always reminding them of this central ontological concern.
That the book doesn't shy away from challenging discussions of Heidegger's links to the Nazis is to its great credit, although like most works on Heidegger it does kind of shrug its shoulders in the final wash and have to say: we want to discuss this interesting philosophy, so can we kind of put this to one side? Another issue is that this book is likely a stretch for the totally unimitated - perhaps rendering a little questionable the notion of this as an 'introduction'. But for the motivated amateur with a little Heidegger or relevant philosophical background, I think this is a great (re)fresher of an extremely controversial thinker.
That the book doesn't shy away from challenging discussions of Heidegger's links to the Nazis is to its great credit, although like most works on Heidegger it does kind of shrug its shoulders in the final wash and have to say: we want to discuss this interesting philosophy, so can we kind of put this to one side? Another issue is that this book is likely a stretch for the totally unimitated - perhaps rendering a little questionable the notion of this as an 'introduction'. But for the motivated amateur with a little Heidegger or relevant philosophical background, I think this is a great (re)fresher of an extremely controversial thinker.
bookfrogglin's review against another edition
3.0
A good introduction, but it felt like it went more deeply into how influential Heidegger was, glossing over the criticism and some of the contentious aspects there clearly were. It felt a bit unbalanced, but without further reading I'm not sure if that's the case.
tgestabrook's review against another edition
4.0
A surprisingly clear and creative guide to a very difficult philosopher.
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