Martin Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings are notoriously difficult: they both require and reward careful reading.<BR><EM>The Later Heidegger</EM> introduces and accesses:<BR>* Heidegger''s life and the background to his later works<BR>* The ideas and texts of some of his influential later works, including <EM>The Question concerning Technology, The Origin of the Work of Art</EM>, and <EM>What is Called Thinking?</EM><BR>* Heidegger''s continuing importance to philosophy and contemporary thought.