Heidegger's Being and Time

Thomas Sheehan's book is a tour de force, an ingenious reading of Heidegger's Being and Time that in effect translates Heidegger's difficult German into a section-by-section paraphrase. Drawing on decades of teaching and research, Sheehan's text gives you the sense of attending an incisive seminar given by a master teacher. --Lawrence J. Hatab, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Old Dominion University Sheehan's invaluable 'paraphrase' pays rigorous attention to the text, its time, and Heidegger's commitment to phenomenology. Even more important is Sheehan's interpretation of Heidegger's question of being as the question of intelligibility, the way things mean or matter to us. I know no more helpful guide to Heidegger's masterpiece. --Robert B. Pippin, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, author of The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy Thomas Sheehan's monumental study of Being and Time includes a paraphrase that eschews Heideggerian jargon; a copiously annotated commentary; and an argument about sense-making. Beginners will relish the illuminating paraphrase; scholars will benefit from the erudite annotations; and anyone will benefit from engaging with the argument. Comprehensive, congenial, controversial: unavoidable. --Steven Crowell, Mullen Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Rice University Thoughtful and judicious as only the product of more than a half-century of nonpareil, often contrarian interpretations of Germany's most controversial philosopher can be, Sheehan's work is a genuine 'guide for the perplexed, ' immediately becoming the go-to resource for anyone trying to come to grips with Heidegger's timeless masterpiece. --Daniel O. Dahlstrom, John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy, Boston University