Comprehensive introduction provides foundational knowledge of German tradition
Concisely written, each chapter makes accessible the works of 20th century German philosophers and their philosophies
Relates ideas of German thinkers being examined to other philosophers, including analytic philosophers
Considers intimate, internal relations between the German Philosophers
Ideal for both students and the general reader interested in German philosophy

This book offers an historical and critical account of some of the main philosophical movements and of the major German philosophers of the twentieth century. In an accessible way, Gorner takes the reader through the principal representatives: Husserl`s phenomenology; Gadamer`s hermeneutics; Habermas`s critical theory; and Apel`s pragmatics, and gives extensive treatment of Heidegger`s fundamental ontology and history of being. Twentieth Century German Philosophy provides both the undergraduate and general reader with a discussion of these philosophers and philosophies against the background of what is most distinctive in the German philosophical tradition.

The German Tradition
Husserl`s Phenomenology
Heidegger: Fundamental Ontology
Heidegger: The History of Being
Gadamer`s Philosophical Hermeneutics
Habermas: Critical Theory
Apel`s Transcendental Pragmatics
Bibliography
Index