Heidegger & Jaspers /

Collected here are 11 essays by American and European philosophers comparing and contrasting the philosophical thinking of Heidegger and Jaspers--as well as their thinking about and attitudes toward each other--over the entire course of their friendship and eventual estrangement. The essays are all recent, with the single exception of an incisive lecture by Paul Tillich, written in 1954, that was previously unpublished. All but the latter have benefited from the recent publication in Germany of more than 150 letters exchanged between the two men. Written primarily for fellow philosophers, the essays deal with the relationship between philosophy and politics, the moral responsibility of scholars, and the questions of value, shame, guilt, and freedom, among many other issues. For appropriate subject collections.-- Leon H. Brody, U.S. Office of Personnel Mgt. Lib., Washington, D.C. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.