Being and Time (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

Being and Time (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

<p> "What is the meaning of being? " This is the central question of Martin Heidegger's profoundly important work, in which the great philosopher seeks to explain the basic problems of existence. A central influence on later philosophy, literature, art, and criticism&#8212;as well as existentialism and much of postmodern thought&#8212;<i>Being and Time</i> forever changed the intellectual map of the modern world. As Richard Rorty wrote in the <i>New York Times Book Review</i>, "You cannot read most of the important thinkers of recent times without taking Heidegger's thought into account." </p> <p> This first paperback edition of John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson's definitive translation also features a new foreword by Heidegger scholar Taylor Carman. </p>