European and North American scholars explore issues raised in 20th-century German philosopher Martin Heideggers treatment of Plato, more through his appropriation of the ancient Greeks ideas than through his explicit references, which are few. Among the topics are Heideggers two readings of Antigone , the Platonic concept of truth, and the history of philosophy. No index is provided. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) For Martin Heidegger the fall of philosophy into metaphysics begins with Plato. Thus, the relationship between the two philosophers is crucial to an understanding of Heidegger--and, perhaps, even to the whole plausibility of postmodern critiques of metaphysics. It is also, as the essays in this volume attest, highly complex, and possibly founded on a questionable understanding of Plato. As editors Catalin Partenie and Tom Rockmore remark, a simple way to describe Heideggers reading of Plato might be to say that what began as an attempt to appropriate Plato (and through him a large portion of Western philosophy) finally ended in an estrangement from both Plato and Western philosophy. The authors of this volume consider Heideggers thought in relation to Plato before and after the Kehre or turn. In doing so, they take up various central issues in Heideggers Being and Time (1927) and thereafter, and the questions of hermeneutics, truth, and language. The result is a subtle and multifaceted reinterpretation of Heideggers position in the tradition of philosophy, and of Platos role in determining that position. For Martin Heidegger the fall of philosophy into metaphysics begins with Plato. Thus, the relationship between the two philosophers is crucial to an understanding of Heidegger--and, perhaps, even to the whole plausibility of postmodern critiques of metaphysics. It is also, as the essays in this volume attest, highly complex, and possibly founded on a questionable understanding of Plato. As editors Catalin Partenie and Tom Rockmore remark, a simple way to describe Heideggers reading of Plato might be to say that what began as an attempt to appropriate Plato (and through him a large portion of Western philosophy) finally ended in an estrangement from both Plato and Western philosophy. The authors of this volume consider Heideggers thought in relation to Plato before and after the Kehre or turn. In doing so, they take up various central issues in Heideggers Being and Time (1927) and thereafter, and the questions of hermeneutics, truth, and language. The result is a subtle and multifaceted reinterpretation of Heideggers position in the tradition of philosophy, and of Platos role in determining that position.
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