Publisher's Synopsis
Few philosophers have had more influence on the shape of western philosophy after 1900 than Martin Heidegger. Basic Writings offers a full range of this profound and controversial thinker's writings in one volume, including:
- The Origin of the Work of Art
- The introduction to Being and Time
- What Is Metaphysics?
- Letter on Humanism
- The Question Concerning Technology
- The Way to Language
- The End of Philosophy
Featuring a foreword by Heidegger scholar Taylor Carman, this essential collection provides readers with a concise introduction to the groundbreaking philosophy of this brilliant and essential thinker.