William J. Richardson

William John Richardson, S.J. (2 November 1920 – 10 December 2016) was an American philosopher, who was among the first to write a comprehensive study of the philosophy of Martin Heidegger, featuring an important preface by Heidegger himself. In addition to his specialization in Heidegger, Richardson was also, as a trained psychoanalyst, a specialist in the thought of Jacques Lacan. He was a Jesuit priest (entering the order on 14 August 1941, he was ordained a priest on 15 August 1953). He taught philosophy at Fordham University and since 1981, at Boston College, where he was, at the time of his death, emeritus professor of philosophy. He died in December 2016 in Weston, Massachusetts at the age of 96.

Bibliography

• Heidegger: Through Phenomenology to Thought. Preface by Martin Heidegger. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1963; 4th Edition: Fordham University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-8232-2255-1; ISBN 978-0-8232-2255-1.
• (With John P. Muller) Lacan and Language, Reader's Guide to Ecrits. New York: International Universities Press, 1982.
• (With John P. Muller) The Purloined Poe, Lacan, Derrida & Psychoanalytic Reading. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1988.
• (With John P. Muller), Ouvrir les Écrits de Lacan, adapté par P. Julien. Toulouse: Eres, 1987.
• Heidegger : Through Phenomenology to Thought. Preface by Martin Heidegger. Fortieth Anniversary Edition, with New Writer's Preface and Epilogue. New York: Fordham University Press, 2003.

See also

• List of American philosophers

Further references

• Babette Babich (ed.) From Phenomenology to Thought, Errancy, and Desire : Essays in Honor of William J. Richardson, S.J.. Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1995.
• Richard M. Capobianco. Engaging Heidegger. Foreword by William J. Richardson. University of Toronto Press, 2010, softcover 2011.

External links

• Richardson's web page at Boston College
• "On Heidegger to Lacan" An Interview with William J. Richardson