The Young Heidegger: Rumor of the Hidden King

. . . a major contribution to Heidegger scholarship . . . --Journal of the History of Behavioral Sciences

Van Buren's portrayal of these formative years is striking and vital to all future Heidegger scholarship. --Christian Century

Van Buren presents a clear and cogent argument for the theory that Martin Heidegger's mature thought, epitomized in Being and Time, actually was a return to his youthful theory and concerns. . . . Van Buren's ability to present a rounded discussion while using Heidegger's own technical vocabulary is highly commendable. --Library Journal

. . . here at last is a work on the philosopher that is of fundamental philosophical-historical import. Van Buren's book is both interesting and well written . . . --Choice

. . . a readable, interesting, and first-rate book. --John D. Caputo

A startling new reading of Martin Heidegger's early thought leading up to Being and Time (1927) and its subsequent development in his later writings.

Author: John Van Buren
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 11/22/1994
Pages: 448
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.64lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.43w x 1.19d
ISBN: 9780253362025

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 07/01/1994 pg. 97

About the Author

JOHN VAN BUREN is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University. He is co-editor of Reading Heidegger from the Start: Essays in His Earliest Thought and The Early Heidegger: New Texts and translator of Martin Heidegger, Ontology (Hermeneutics of Facticity).