In this two-volume project on Heidegger's phenomenology of perception, David Kleinberg-Levin seeks to establish the ontological relevance of perception, in particular in its primary modes of seeing and hearing. This first volume reveals the phenomenological grounds of five key words in Heidegger's thinking: Sein, Da-sein, Ereignis, Lichtung and Geschick. Through insightful and elegant analyses, always attentive to our embodied experience, Kleinberg-Levin allows the reader to gain access to the very heart of Heidegger's thought. This brilliant and erudite work will prove invaluable to an ontological analysis of perception and to Heidegger studies. -- Francois Raffoul, Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Louisiana State University
This volume renders unflinchingly the very deepest thoughts of Heidegger, overcoming the elusive style in which they were first expressed, and re-stating them in vital English prose, very close to life. With great expertise, Kleinberg-Levin interweaves Heidegger's posthumous notes with his earlier publications. We see how Heidegger points to a possible life on this planet after the experience of modern nihilism. -- Graeme Nicholson, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Heidegger's Phenomenology of Perception is a bold and meticulous rereading of Heidegger's middle and later thought, a rereading that, without neglecting its vexed alliance with National Socialism, focusses on what we might still learn from it today-namely as a call to responsibly receive and respond to the various manners in which the being of beings appears to our perception. -- Bret W. Davis, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola University Maryland, USA
David Kleinberg-Levin has given us an in-depth reading of Heidegger's work from earliest to last, organized around five pivotal factors: Being, our Dasein, the Event of Propriation, the Clearing, and das Geschick (given or destiny). Kleinberg-Levin's extensive scholarship lays a basis for him to fulfill, in volume two, the promise of his exceptionally thought-provoking title: Heidegger's Phenomenology of Perception. -- Wayne J. Froman, Associate Professor of Philosophy, George Mason University, USA
David Kleinberg-Levin has authored a bold and expansive inquiry into the core pillars of Heidegger's thinking. This sprawling and comprehensive analysis not only offers valuable clarification and elucidation of Heidegger's thought and terminology-it also, through its own rich phenomenological analyses, lends important insight into what it means to be human. -- Shane Montgomery Ewegen, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Trinity College, USA
