Heidegger's later writings
Subtitle: a reader's guide
By: Lee Braver.
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780826422118; 9780826439673
Subjects: Heidegger, Martin, -- 1889-1976
Description: Martin Heidegger is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. His later writings are profoundly original and innovative, giving rise to much of postmodernist thinking, yet they are infamously difficult to approach. Heidegger's Later Writings: A Reader's Guide offers a concise and accessible introduction to eight of Heidegger's most important essays. These essays cover many of the central topics of his later thought and are conveniently gathered together in the book Basic Writings, making this guide a perfect companion. Written specifically to help students coming to these texts for the first time, each chapter illuminates a particular essay's structure to enable readers to start finding their own way through the text
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: What is metaphysics?; title: On the essence of truth; title: The origin of the work of art; title: Letter on humanism; title: Modern science, metaphysics, and maths; title: The question concerning technology; title: Building dwelling thinking; title: The way to language; title: The end of philosophy and the art of thinking.