Continental Philosophy2:54:00
On Heidegger and the Meaning of Being
Everything exists, and we almost never wonder why. This three-hour episode explores the complete philosophy of Martin Heidegger, beginning with Husserl's phenomenology and moving through the existential analytic of Being and Time: Dasein, thrownness, being-toward-death, anxiety, authenticity, and the call of conscience. The second half follows Heidegger's turn toward language, technology, and dwelling, examining why he believed modern civilization had forgotten the question of Being entirely, and what it might mean to learn to dwell poetically on the earth. The episode also addresses his involvement with National Socialism and the unresolved questions it raises about the relationship between a thinker and their thought.
