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Katherine Withy’s Heidegger on Being Affected provides a comprehensive analysis of affectedness in Martin Heidegger’s philosophical work. The book argues that being affected is fundamental to how humans encounter and engage with the world around them, challenging traditional interpretations of Heidegger’s thought.
Withy demonstrates how affectedness operates as a constitutive element of Dasein’s being-in-the-world, influencing perception, mood, and existential understanding. Through careful textual analysis, she reveals how Heidegger’s concept of affect extends beyond emotion to encompass the basic ways we are touched and moved by our environment and circumstances.
This work is part of Cambridge University Press’s Elements in the Philosophy of Martin Heidegger series and offers both scholars and advanced students a rigorous examination of how being affected shapes human existence, temporality, and our access to truth. It represents an important contribution to contemporary Heidegger scholarship.
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