Being And Time: Martin Heidegger: Personal, Professional

About Heidegger- personal, professional

Martin Heidegger (1889- 1976), an important 20th Century German philosopher is considered one of the most original yet a controversial one. His best known book, "Being and Time", although notoriously difficult, is generally considered to be one of the most important philosophical works.

Heidegger’s work has extensive contribution in the fields of philosophy, theology and humanities which were important in the development of Phenomenology, Existentialism, Deconstructionism, Post Modernism and Continental Philosophy.

Heidegger is known to use difficult vocabulary, syntax, coin new words to explain complex concepts.

Heidegger’s first significant academic work, considered the most influential was “Sein und Zeit”, Being and Time. It was published in 1927. Heidegger analyses the concept of Being. Heidegger attempts to create a fundamental ontology through understanding being itself. He

Heidegger asserts that the essay was written after the World War II which led to the shortage of houses. He revisits the origin of the German word “bauen”, to build and reflects that a building is more than just a structure. Heidegger argues that the manner in which we dwell is the manner in which we are, we exist, on the face of the earth- an extension of our identity, of who we are. Since dwelling relates to the manner in which we exist, our "being in the world", Heidegger holds that problems of building are essentially problems of dwelling. Building is, in fact, dwelling, and with dwelling being the manner in which human beings exist on earth building as dwelling is something which nurtures things, natural or man-made. Heidegger further argues that dwelling has a certain relationship with