Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Heidegger's life; Chapter 2 The meaning of life: the question of Being; Chapter 3 The central ideas in Being and Time; Chapter 4 Conscience, guilt and authenticity; Chapter 5 Being-towards-death; Chapter 6 Dasein's primordial temporality; Chapter 7 The "truth of al?theia" and language; Chapter 8 Heidegger on poetry, poets and Hölderlin; Chapter 9 Heidegger on art; Chapter 10 Heidegger on technology; Chapter 11 Tao, Zen and Heidegger; Chapter 12 Heidegger's politics;

Offers an overview of Heidegger's thought. This title provides an introduction to such key Heideggerian notions as in/authenticity, falling, throwness, moods, temporality, earth, world, enframing, etc. This title is suitable both for beginners and advanced students.