Caputo offers a compelling plea for a reinterpretation of Heidegger that will make us more humane, and more attuned to the call of justice and mercy than to the call of Being."-Christian Century

There is no other book that focuses on the religious significance of the many `turnings' in Heidegger's thought, nor that addresses the question of Heidegger's politics textually rather than autobiographically." -Merold Westphal

A readable chronological consideration of Heidegger's texts that assesses his achievement as a thinker, while pointing to the sources of his political and ethical failure. Caputo addresses the religious significance of Heidegger's thought.