Heidegger Gesamtausgabe is the title of the collected writings of German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976), published by Vittorio Klostermann.

Etymology

Gesamtausgabe is the German word for 'complete edition'., used in this case as 'collected works'.

History

The Gesamtausgabe was begun during Martin Heidegger's lifetime. Publication commenced in the year 1975.

Heidegger on the Gesamtausgabe

Martin Heidegger stipulated the order of publication. Shortly before his death, Heidegger wrote: "In this way, the complete edition is intended to guide people to take up the question, to ask questions and, above all, to ask more questioning questions". (Die Gesamtausgabe soll dadurch anleiten, die Frage aufzunehmen, mitzufragen und vor allem dann fragender zu fragen). Heidegger had planned to write a lengthy introduction to his collected writings (Gesamtausgabe). He called his last project: Legacy of the Being Question (Vermächtnis der Seinsfrage). The date on this project is between 1973 and 1975, but it was not completed due to his failing health. (Heidegger died May 26, 1976, at age 86). Three documents have been published as part of this project.

Content

The Gesamtausgabe has 37,736 pages. The editors had to work from Heidegger's often handwritten manuscripts, but they had leeway to include various student transcriptions in the published editions. They were given strict guidelines which are generally noted in the Editor's Afterwords (Nachwort des Herausgebers). It appears that the outline of the majority of the published writing were selected by Heidegger himself. The Gesamtausgabe is divided into four series: Each series is divided as follows:

I. Published Writings (Veröffentlichte Schriften) 1910–1976

II. Lectures (Vorlesungen) 1919–1944

While at Marburger 1923–1928

While at Freiburger 1928–1944

While at Freiburger 1919–1923

III. Unpublished Essays, Lectures and Thoughts (Unveröffentlichte Abhandlungen / Vorträge – Gedachtes)

IV. Notes and Records (Hinweise und Aufzeichnungen)

(The publisher Vittorio Klostermann points out that one notebook is missing from early 1930s the Nachlass: "Überlegungen I" or "Winke Überlegungen (I)" is still missing (GA 97 p. 521 editor note).

Criticism of the Gesamtausgabe

Indexes

Free Indexes for some of Martin Heidegger's collections and titles: Index of all of the GA titles in alphabetical order in German from Klostermann is online here. Ferrer, D.F. (2022). Heidegger: Bibliography of addresses and courses he took and taught: German and English. https://archive.org/details/heidegger-bibliography-2022 Ferrer, D.F. (2021). Heidegger's Middle Period (German and English): an Index. https://archive.org/details/mh-middle-index Ferrer, D. F (2018). Heidegger Zum Ereignis-Denken (GA73): An Index. https://archive.org/details/HeideggerGA73BookIndex Ferrer, D. F. (2016). Heidegger Schwarze Hefte (1931–1948): An Index https://archive.org/details/HeideggerSchwarzeBlackNotebooksIndex Ferrer, D. F. (2016). Martin Heidegger Esoteric Writings: An Index https://archive.org/details/HeideggerEsotericIndex Ferrer, D.F (2017). Heidegger Anmerkungen I-V (Schwarze Hefte 1942–1948): An Index https://archive.org/details/HeideggerGA97Index Ferrer, D.F. (2016). Heidegger Überlegungen XII-XV (GA96): An Index. https://archive.org/details/HeideggerGA96Index Ferrer, D.F. (2016). Martin Heidegger on the Greeks: An Index. https://archive.org/details/HeideggerGreeksIndex Ferrer, D. F. (2016). Martin Heidegger 1910–1932: An Index. https://archive.org/details/MartinHeidegger19101932Index1 Ferrer, D.F., & Sharma, Ritu (2016). Heidegger Being and Time, Sein und Zeit (1927): An Index https://archive.org/details/SeinZeitBeingTimeIndex