>> > Recently, William Lovitt, the guy who translated Heidegger's essays on
>> > technology collected in the book "The Question Concerning Technology" has
>> > written a 1000 page two volume tome called Modern Technology in the
>> > Heideggerian Perspective published by Edwin Mellen Press, 1995.
>>
>> Egad, what does he talk about for 1000 pages?
>>
>> I like the way "The Question Concerning Technology" was put together. Is
>> the 2 vol set a class act as well?
>
> I would also like to know more in detail what Lovitts work concerns. It seems
> highly interesting (though a bit depressing for my thesis' chances of
> being very original, I'll admit...:-( But that doesn't really matter.)
> So - if it is possible - what, more precisely, does Lovitt write about?
> Is there perhaps a central thesis in his book? If so, what is it? Getting
> new american/english books in Sweden is not all that uncomplicated, so I
> hope you'll forgive me for pestering you about this.
>
Here's some info on the books.
Modern Technology in the Heideggerian Perspective (Problems in
Contemporary Philosophy, Vol 17A
and
Modern Technology in the Heideggerian Perspective (Problems in
Contemporary Philosophy, Vol 17B
William Lovitt and Brundage Lovitt
Hardcover
List: $119.95 !each volume!
Published by EDWIN MELLEN PR
Publication date: March 1995
ISBN: 088946345X
Maybe you can get a special grant to purchase these.
For that price, I doubt the writers actually want anyone to
read these books. Since books like Heidegger's Basic Writings,
which includes QCT, are available for under $20, its hard to
imagine why a derivative work should cost or would be worth
so much more. I suspect this and other philosophy books
in the $100+ range are really exercises in elitism or vanity.
Write your thesis and publish it on the web, you'll certainly
get many more readers than the Lovitts. [end today's rant]
love,
Pete
paf@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.webcom.com/paf/pete.html
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>> > technology collected in the book "The Question Concerning Technology" has
>> > written a 1000 page two volume tome called Modern Technology in the
>> > Heideggerian Perspective published by Edwin Mellen Press, 1995.
>>
>> Egad, what does he talk about for 1000 pages?
>>
>> I like the way "The Question Concerning Technology" was put together. Is
>> the 2 vol set a class act as well?
>
> I would also like to know more in detail what Lovitts work concerns. It seems
> highly interesting (though a bit depressing for my thesis' chances of
> being very original, I'll admit...:-( But that doesn't really matter.)
> So - if it is possible - what, more precisely, does Lovitt write about?
> Is there perhaps a central thesis in his book? If so, what is it? Getting
> new american/english books in Sweden is not all that uncomplicated, so I
> hope you'll forgive me for pestering you about this.
>
Here's some info on the books.
Modern Technology in the Heideggerian Perspective (Problems in
Contemporary Philosophy, Vol 17A
and
Modern Technology in the Heideggerian Perspective (Problems in
Contemporary Philosophy, Vol 17B
William Lovitt and Brundage Lovitt
Hardcover
List: $119.95 !each volume!
Published by EDWIN MELLEN PR
Publication date: March 1995
ISBN: 088946345X
Maybe you can get a special grant to purchase these.
For that price, I doubt the writers actually want anyone to
read these books. Since books like Heidegger's Basic Writings,
which includes QCT, are available for under $20, its hard to
imagine why a derivative work should cost or would be worth
so much more. I suspect this and other philosophy books
in the $100+ range are really exercises in elitism or vanity.
Write your thesis and publish it on the web, you'll certainly
get many more readers than the Lovitts. [end today's rant]
love,
Pete
paf@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.webcom.com/paf/pete.html
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