Time and Death

'Carol J. White's work has a natural cadence and a clarity of expression which makes the philosophical questions being dealt with come alive and appear seductively clear. Such is the richness of the intellectual world she weaves that insights abound yet come in and out of focus as the philosophical terrain shifts... It open us culture and processes of social ordering to a deepened understanding of the interplay between action and presence.' Journal of Futures Studies 'Carol White's Time and Death: Heidegger's Analysis of Finitude is a book rich in thought, dense in original interpretive claims, and overflowing with supporting textual references.' Inquiry 'Carol White's book probably stands as the most scholarly publication on Heidegger's analysis of death that is currently available. Including an indispensable foreword to the book, the noted Heidegger scholar, Hubert Dreyfus, identifies no less than eight positions on death and dying that various philosophers read into the relevant sections of Being and Time, concisely illuminating the arguments and counter-arguments for each stance. This provides us with a context for this publication, but it is also used as a testament to the towering contribution made by White, since Dreyfus argues that her position is the most compelling interpretation of Heidegger's account on death, based not just on the philosopher's earlier work, but consistent with writings produced throughout his life... White uncompromisingly explores the ideas behind the terms (or jargon, if you prefer), leaving the reader with a significantly richer and more coherent understanding of Heidegger's overall project, and, I might add, an appreciation of the crucial importance of finitude in the corpus of his thought as a whole.' Existential Analysis