Author(s): Martin Heidegger

Culture & Ideas

Few philosophers have had more influence on the shape of western philosophy after 1900 than Martin Heidegger. Basic Writingsoffers 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.