Heidegger
OriginGermany
Era1889
SchoolPhenomenology
About Heidegger
Being and Time is one of the most influential and difficult philosophy books. Dasein or being-there is his term for human existence. His Nazi Party membership from 1933 to 1945 remains deeply controversial. Hannah Arendt was his student and lover. His concept of authenticity versus the they-self influenced existentialism.
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