Introducing Heidegger - A Graphic Guide

Martin Heidegger - philosophy''s ''hidden king'', or leading exponent of a dangerously misguided secular mysticism. Heidegger has been acclaimed as the most powerfully original philosopher of the twentieth century. Profoundly influential on deconstruction, existentialism and phenomenology, he stands behind all major strands of post-structuralist and postmodern thought. Heidegger announced the end of philosophy and of humanism, and was a committed Nazi and vocal supporter of Hitler''s National Socialism. Was Heidegger offering a deeply conservative mythology or a crucial deconstruction of philosophy as we have known it? "Introducing Heidegger" provides an accessible introduction to his notoriously abstruse thinking, mapping out its historical contexts and exploring its resonances in ecology, theology, art, architecture, literature and other fields. The book opens up an encounter with a kind of thinking whose outlines might still not yet be clear, and whose forms might still surprise us.

About the author

Jeff Collins: Jeff Collins is a Lecturer in Art History at the University of Plymouth.

Howard Selina: Howard Selina studied painting at St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal Academy in London, where he now lives and works. He has also illustrated Introducing series titles on Evolution and Consciousness.

Product details

• Authors: Jef Collins, Jeff Collins, Collins Jeff, Howard Selina
• Assisted by: Howard Selina (Illustration), Selina Howard (Illustration)
• Publisher: Icon Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2010
• EAN: 9781848311749
• ISBN: 978-1-84831-174-9
• Dimensions: 118 mm x 168 mm x 11 mm
• Series: Introducing . . .; Introducing; Graphic Guides
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, STUDY AIDS / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -, History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy, ANF:Philosophy, Biography & Memoir, Graphic Guides: Key Figures, Graphic Guides: Philosophy & Ethics