{"product_id":"being-and-time-9780061575594","title":"Being and Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e changed the course of philosophy.\" --Richard Rorty, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Heidegger's masterwork.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThis first paperback edition of John Macquarrie and Edward Robinson's definitive translation also features a foreword by Heidegger scholar Taylor Carman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA central influence on later philosophy, literature, art, and criticism--as well as existentialism and much of postmodern thought--\u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e forever changed the intellectual map of the modern world. As Richard Rorty wrote in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \"You cannot read most of the important thinkers of recent times without taking Heidegger's thought into account.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeidegger, Martin:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eMartin Heidegger (1889-1976) was born in Baden-W?rttemberg, Germany. He studied at the University of Freiburg and became a professor at the University of Marburg in 1932. After publishing his his magnum opus, \u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e (1927), he returned to Freiburg to assume the chair of philosophy upon Husserl's retirement.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590971396370,"sku":"9780061575594","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d25c0d6b-9e93-475a-82bb-9c5dac9e80dc.jpg?v=1748508897","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/being-and-time-9780061575594","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}