Being and Time, part 1: Why Heidegger matters Simon Critchley

The most important and influential continental philosopher of the last century was also a Nazi. How did he get there? What can we learn from him?

Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) was the most important and influential philosopher in the continental tradition in the 20th century. Being and Time, first published in 1927, was his magnum opus. There is no way of understanding what took place in continental philosophy after Heidegger without coming to terms with Being and Time. Furthermore, unlike...