Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger

This text aims to guide the reader through the complexities of Heidegger's later works. The book offers an introduction to the main themes that preoccupied Heidegger in the second part of his career: technology; Art; the history of philosophy; and the exploration of a new post-technological way of thinking. The author explores many aspects of Heidegger's later life and work, including the massive controversy surrounding his Nazism, as well as his readings of Neitzsche, the Presocratics and Holderlin. He also assesses the difficult nature of Heidegger's thought and its significance for philosophy today.

“'A highly instructive and engaging guide through Heidegger's key later writings, written in a lucid and accessible manner.' - Keith Ansell Pearson, University of Warwick 'A lively, clear and engaging overview of the key ideas in Heidegger's later writings' - Charles Guignon, University of Vermont”

"A highly instructive and engaging guide through Heidegger's later writings, written in a lucid and accessible manner."
-Keith Ansell-Pearson, University of Warwick

George Pattison is Dean of King’s College, Cambridge.

The Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks painlessly introduce students to the classic workd of philosophyto the classic works of philosophy. Each GuideBook considers a major philosopher and key area of their philsophy by focusing upon an important text situating the philosopher and the work in a historical context, considering the text in question and assessing the philosophers contribution to contemporary thought. Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings are notoriously difficult; they both require and reward careful reading. The Later Heidegger offers a clear introduction to his later thought and work. The Later Heidegger introduces and assesses: The ideas and texts of some of his key later works including The Question Concerning Technology, Nietzsche and What is Called Thinking. Heidegger;s continuing importance and contribution to philosophy today

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