Martin Heidegger
German philosopher whose Being and Time is the most important work of 20th-century continental philosophy. His analysis of Dasein, authenticity, and the forgetting of Being inaugurated existentialism and influenced hermeneutics, poststructuralism, and environmental philosophy. His membership in the Nazi party remains deeply controversial.
Works
- Being and TimeFoundational study of human existence and temporality in phenomenology
- Introduction to MetaphysicsInquiry into nature of being beyond traditional metaphysical categories
- Poetry, Language, ThoughtEssays examining poetic language, art, and their philosophical significance
- The Question Concerning TechnologyCritique of technology and its essence in modern existence
- What Is Called Thinking?Lectures on thinking and the nature of human contemplation
- The Origin of the Work of ArtTheory of art as revealing truth through creative transformation
- Letter on HumanismLetter defending existential philosophy against humanist interpretations