{"product_id":"how-to-read-heidegger-9780393328806","title":"How to Read Heidegger","description":"Martin Heidegger is perhaps the most influential, yet least readily understood, philosopher of the last century. Mark Wrathall unpacks Heidegger's dense prose and guides the reader through Heidegger's early concern with the nature of human existence, to his later preoccupation with the threat that technology poses to our ability to live worthwhile lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wrathall pays particular attention to Heidegger's revolutionary analysis of human existence as inextricably shaped by a shared world. This leads to an exploration of Heidegger's views on the banality of public life and the possibility of authentic anticipation of death as a response to that banality. Wrathall reviews Heidegger's scandalous involvement with National Socialism, situating it in the context of Heidegger's views about the movement of world history. He also explains Heidegger's important accounts of truth, art, and language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Extracts are taken from Heidegger's magnum opus, \u003cem\u003eBeing and Time\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a variety of his best-known essays and lectures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritchley, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Simon Critchley is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor at the New School for Social Research. His books include Very Little...Almost Nothing, Infinitely Demanding, The Book of Dead Philosophers, The Faith of the Faithless, Bowie, Memory Theatre and Suicide.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWrathall, Mark:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eMark Wrathall\u003c\/strong\u003e is associate professor of philosophy at Brigham Young University. He has edited or coedited a number of volumes on Heidegger's thought, including \u003cem\u003eHeidegger Reexamined; Appropriating Heidegger; Heidegger, Coping and Cognitive Science;\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHeidegger, Authenticity and Modernity\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritchley, Simon:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eSimon Critchley\u003c\/strong\u003e is a best-selling author and the Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research. His many books include \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Dead Philosophers, Bowie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eTragedy, the Greeks, and Us\u003c\/em\u003e.","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410983194898,"sku":"9780393328806","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6c033fad-db88-4e9c-ad5e-d4db1abd734f.jpg?v=1729309655","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-read-heidegger-9780393328806","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}