Heidegger's Later Writings - A Reader's Guide

Zusammenfassung Martin Heidegger is one of the 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. This guide offers an introduction to eight of Heidegger's important essays. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Contexts 2. Overview of Themes 3. Reading the Text i. 'What is Metaphysics?' ii. 'On the Essence of Truth' iii. 'The Origin of the Work of Art' iv. 'Letter on Humanism v. 'Modern Science Metaphysics, and Maths' vi. 'The Question Concerning Technology vii. 'Building Dwelling Thinking' viii. 'The Way to Language ix. 'The End of Philosophy and the Art of Thinking 4. Reception and Influence 5. Further Reading Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Lee Braver
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2009
• EAN: 9780826422118
• ISBN: 978-0-8264-2211-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Continuum Reader's Guides (Har; Reader's Guides; Continuum Reader's Guides (Har
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Western philosophy from c 1800, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -