The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy

A provocative reassessment of Heidegger's critique of German Idealism from one of the tradition's foremost interpreters.

Heidegger claimed that Western philosophy ended--failed, even--in the German Idealist tradition. In The Culmination, Robert B. Pippin explores the ramifications of this charge through a masterful survey of Western philosophy, especially Heidegger's critiques of Hegel and Kant. Pippin argues that Heidegger's basic concern was to determine sources of meaning for human life, particularly those that had been obscured by Western philosophy's attention to reason. The Culmination offers a new interpretation of Heidegger, German Idealism, and the fate of Western rationalism.

Author: Robert B. Pippin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 01/05/2024
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780226830001

Review Citation(s):
Choice 08/01/2024

About the Author
Robert B. Pippin is the Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the John U. Nef Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College at the University of Chicago. He is the author of many books on philosophy, literature, art, and film.