Heidegger: A Guide for the Perplexed

Continuum's <i>Guides for the Perplexed</i> are clear concise and accessible introductions to thinkers writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom these books explain and explore key themes and ideas guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. Martin Heidegger is one of the twentieth century's most influential controversial and challenging philosophers. His <i>Being and Time</i> is a landmark text in modern philosophy required reading for anyone studying Continental thought. However the concepts encountered in Heidegger are intricate and frequently confusing while the language through which they are articulated is deliberately dense and obscure. <i>Heidegger: A Guide for the Perplexed</i> is a thorough cogent and reliable account of Heidegger's philosophy ideal for the student who needs to reach a sound understanding of this complex and important thinker. The book covers Heidegger's oeuvre in its entirety offering not only exposition of <i>Being and Time</i> but also his later work. His perspectives on and contributions to both ontology and phenomenology are explored in full as is the concept of Dasein Heidegger's term for the human way of existence. Geared toward the specific requirements of students who need to reach a sound understanding of Heidegger's philosophy this is the ideal companion to the study of this most influential and challenging of twentieth century philosophers.