Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction - Softcover

Inwood, Michael

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9780192854100: Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0192854100 ISBN 13: 9780192854100
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) is probably the most divisive philosopher of the twentieth century: viewed by some as a charlatan and by others as a leader and central figure of modern philosophy. Michael Inwood's lucid introduction to Heidegger's thought focuses on his most important work, "Being and Time," and its major themes of existence in the world, inauthenticity, guilt, destiny, truth, and the nature of time. These themes are then reassessed in the light of Heidegger's later work, together with the extent of his philosophical importance and influence. This is an invaluable guide to the complex and voluminous thought of a major twentieth-century existentialist philosopher.

About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam

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About the Author

Michael Inwood is a Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy at Trinity College, University of Oxford

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0192854100
ISBN 13 
9780192854100
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
168
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