The Culmination - Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy

Now in paperback, a provocative reassessment of Heidegger-s critique of German Idealism from one of the tradition-s foremost interpreters. Heidegger claimed that Western philosophy ended-failed, even-in the German Idealist tradition. In The Culmination, Robert B. Pippin explores the ramifications of this charge through a masterful survey of Western philosophy, especially Heidegger-s critiques of Hegel and Kant. Pippin argues that Heidegger-s basic concern was to determine sources of meaning for human life, particularly those that had been obscured by Western philosophy-s attention to reason. The Culmination offers a new interpretation of Heidegger, German Idealism, and the fate of Western rationalism.