Sheehans invaluable 'paraphrase' pays rigorous attention to the text, its time, and Heideggers commitment to phenomenology. Even more important is Sheehans interpretation of Heideggers question of being as the question of intelligibility, the way things mean or matter to us. I know no more helpful guide to Heideggers masterpiece. -- Robert B. Pippin, Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago, USA, and author of The Culmination: Heidegger, German Idealism, and the Fate of Philosophy Thomas Sheehans monumental study of Being and Time includes a paraphrase that eschews Heideggerian jargon; a copiously annotated commentary; and an argument about sense-making. Beginners will relish the illuminating paraphrase; scholars will benefit from the erudite annotations; and anyone will benefit from engaging with the argument. Comprehensive, congenial, controversial: unavoidable. -- Steven Crowell, Mullen Professor of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Rice University, USA Thoughtful and judicious as only the product of more than a half-century of nonpareil, often contrarian interpretations of Germanys most controversial philosopher can be, Sheehans work is a genuine 'guide for the perplexed,' immediately becoming the go-to resource for anyone trying to come to grips with Heideggers timeless masterpiece. -- Daniel O. Dahlstrom, John R. Silber Professor of Philosophy, Boston University, USA Thomas Sheehans book is a tour de force, an ingenious reading of Heideggers Being and Time that in effect translates Heideggers difficult German into a section-by-section paraphrase. Drawing on decades of teaching and research, Sheehans text gives you the sense of attending an incisive seminar given by a master teacher. -- Lawrence J. Hatab, Louis I. Jaffe Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, Old Dominion University, USAy
