Heidegger For Beginners

The German philosopher Martin Heidegger is one of the most revolutionary thinkers in the History of Western Philospophy.Heidegger For Beginners serves as a simple introduction to Heidegger's complex central ideas like - Being ,Nothingness, Care,Existense etc. This book situates Heidegger's thought within a philosophical and historical context-alongside such thinkers as Plato,Descartes,Kant,Nietzsche and Sartre. The books in this series deal with a vast and diverse range of subjects—history, philosophy, current events, visual arts, music, literature, culture studies and science. For Beginners offers inquisitive readers intelligent, accessible introductions to the major thinkers and ideas of our time. These complex subjects are presented with clarity and simplicity. The books are reader-friendly: comic strips, photographs, cartoons, illustrations etc. are used creatively, to both convey information and to comment on the subjects.