Heidegger: A Very Short IntroductionMartin Heidegger (1889 1976) is probably the most divisive philosopher of the twentieth century, viewed by some as a charlatan and by others as a leader and central figure of modern philosophy. Michael Inwood's lucid introduction to Heidegger's thought focuses on his most important work, "Being and Time," and its major themes of existence in the world, inauthenticity, guilt, destiny, truth, and the nature of time. These themes are then reassessed in