Heidegger and the Global Age

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This is indispensable and precious reading for those who wish to question globalization as a site of metaphysical, rather than merely economic, crisis. Whether critically or analytically, this illuminating collection of essays engages with Heidegger's view of the global age as a form of existential decay, in which human life is encapsulated within the new global techno-sphere, and the finite resources of the Earth are constantly exploited by an infinite will to power. The stakes are clear: what remains of freedom and the capacity for action in this process? -- Miguel de Beistegui, Professor of Philosophy, University of Warwick, UK In this book, perhaps for the first time, Heidegger's philosophy is analyzed in light of the global dynamics that characterize contemporary experience. How does Heidegger think the globalized world? And how does globalization radically mark Heidegger's thinking? In answering this double question, the great Heideggerian themes of metaphysics and politics, history and art open themselves up to new problems and interpretations. -- Roberto Esposito, Professor of Theoretical Philosophy, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy Heidegger and the Global Age is a unique confrontation with globalization as a philosophical problem and not just an economic or socio-political issue. Here Cerella and Odysseos gather a scintillating symposium of experts who bring Heidegger's notion of Gestell to bear on topics of ethics, ecology, political Islam, urbanization, and much more-a rich panoply of questions to shake us awake as "the wasteland grows." -- Thomas Sheehan, Professor of Religious Studies, Stanford University, USA