27/04/2026
Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia, 2026, Volume 82, No. 2
Heidegger After Heidegger: on the 50th Anniversary of his Death
Christiane Costa de Matos Fernandes
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
Fernando Antonio Soares Fragozo
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
Francisco José Dias de Moraes
Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ)
João Carlos Onofre Pinto
Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Submission deadline: 30th April 2026
May 26, 2026, marks the 50th anniversary of Martin Heidegger’s death. To commemorate this milestone, Revista Portuguesa de Filosofia (Portuguese Journal of Philosophy) invites submissions that explore Heidegger’s philosophical legacy over the past 50 years and the enduring resonance of his work in contemporary thought.
Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century’s most original, influential, and controversial philosophers, evoking a range of responses from enthusiastic endorsement—sometimes bordering on imitation—to outright dismissal, largely due to his involvement with Na**sm, which he never publicly renounced. Between these polarized responses, however, lies a complex legacy that deserves rigorous exploration. Heidegger’s thought has deeply permeated twentieth-century philosophy, and recent decades allowed a growing effort to analyze his legacy comprehensively and integrate it into contemporary philosophical discourse.
A student of Edmund Husserl, to whom he dedicated his seminal work Being and Time, Heidegger himself became a mentor to many prominent philosophers, including Hannah Arendt, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Herbert Marcuse, Emmanuel Levinas, and others. Furthermore, even among those he did not directly teach, Heidegger’s influence on twentieth-century thought is unmistakable. How could one overlook Derrida’s Auseinandersetzung with Heideggerian ideas, the critical adaptation of Mitsein by thinkers like Jean-Luc Nancy and Roberto Esposito, the critique of ontotheology by Jean- Luc Marion, or Giorgio Agamben’s reservations about Heidegger’s ontology of life? Beyond these varied engagements, the posthumous publication of additional volumes of Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe, including Beiträge zur Philosophie (GA 65), Das Ereignis (GA 71), Vorträge (GA 80), and especially the Schwarze Hefte (GA 94; 98), has redefined, deepened, and expanded our understanding of his thought. These publications have also furnished essential insights for a critical analysis of the connection between Heidegger’s philosophy and his political involvement.
In addition to the historical engagement with Heidegger’s thought, it is vital to consider the current appropriations and re-interpretations that, while influenced by his ideas, extend beyond the Heideggerian text itself. Notable examples include inquiries into technology and the Anthropocene, explorations of life forms and recent studies on animal behavior, cognition, and affectivity, as well as the role of Stimmungen (moods) in the phenomenology of illness.
Guidelines to Authors:
https://rpf.pt/ -for-papers
Submission Form (Online):
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