Felix O Murchadha - The Time of Revolution: Kairos and Chronos in Heidegger

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The Time of Revolution

Kairos and Chronos in Heidegger

Felix Murchadha

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Felix Murchadha, 2013

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Murchadha, Felix.

The time of revolution : kairos and chronos in Heidegger / Felix Murchadha.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 978-1-4411-0246-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-1-4411-2016-8 (epub) -- ISBN 978-1-4411-1945-2 (ebook) 1. Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976. Sein und Zeit. 2. Ontology. 3. Space and time. I. Title.

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To my wife Anne and my son Felix Alexander

Contents

This is a translation and a reworking of a book published in 1999 in German, entitled Zeit des Handelns und Mglichkeit der Verwandlung. Kairologie und Chronologie bei Heidegger im Jahrzehnt nach Sein und Zeit (Time of Action and the Possibility of Transformation. Kairology and Chronology in Heidegger during the decade following Being and Time). The author is grateful to the publishers of that book, Knigshausen und Neumann Verlag (Wrzburg), for permission to publish this revised translation. The change in title reflects a shift of emphasis, in which the notion of revolution is given more prominence as a key concept in Heideggers thought. Each chapter has been revised in content and style in terms of this change of emphasis. Account has also been taken of publications since 1999, both of new volumes in the Heidegger Gesamtausgabe and of secondary literature on Heidegger, especially that published in English. In addition, has been published in Philosophy Today.

The first version of the present book was submitted as my doctoral dissertation at the Bergische Universitt Wuppertal (Germany). I am forever grateful to my Doctorvater, Prof. Klaus Held, for his guidance and encouragement, not only during my doctoral studies, but ever since. Anyone familiar with his thought will see his influence throughout this book. In Wuppertal and Bochum universities, I benefited from discussions with my fellow students and lecturers. Prof. Heinrich Hni, Prof. Lszl Tengelyi and Prof. Burkhard Liebsch greatly helped me to develop and deepen my understanding of Heidegger.

Prof. Markus Wrner (National University of Ireland, Galway) first sparked my interest in the problem of time and the question of the kairos; for this, and for his support and encouragement over many years, I owe him a debt of gratitude.

Prof. Will McNeills work has been a constant source of inspiration, and his comments on sections of the present book were invaluable for me.

I am also grateful to the anonymous reviewers at Continuum for their most helpful advice.

Over the years I have been encouraged from time to time by colleagues and graduate students to publish this book in a revised translation in English. I am grateful for their encouragement.

For their help in the final preparation of this book, I would like to thank especially two friends who have seen this project through from its very inception many years ago and who generously helped me in the preparation of this book, Marty Fairbairn and Anthony Jenkins.

Finally, for their patience at my many absences while working on this book and their love, support and help, I am very grateful to my wife and son, Anne and Felix Alexander to whom this book is dedicated.

I have used the following abbreviations for Being and Time and for the German originals of Heideggers works.