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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.>
Sommario
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
Info autore
Lee Braver is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy at Hiram College, USA. His previous publications include A Thing of This World: A History of Continental Anti-Realism (Northwestern UP, 2007).
