This book uses the example of someone reaching for a hammer to illustrate the idea that we experience some things as being "ready-to-hand."
One concept introduced in this book has been applied to political philosophy by Nikolas Kompridis, who has written about a "reflective" type of that concept. This book argues that the world should be characterized as a "totality of involvements." This book describes one of its aims as the destruction of traditional ontology, in order to replace ontical inquiry with fundamental ontology. This book uses the example of someone reaching for a hammer to illustrate the idea that we experience some things as being "ready-to-hand." Much of this book focuses on the human experience of being, which the author calls Dasein. For 10 points, name this magnum opus of Martin Heidegger.
One concept introduced in this book has been applied to political philosophy by Nikolas Kompridis, who has written about a "reflective" type of that concept.
Being and Time [or Sein und Zeit]