Essays on Heidegger from notable thinkers of the 20th centuryThe work of Martin Heidegger significantly influenced philosophers in the 1900s. Heidegger: A Critical Reader is a collection of writings by those who studied his work, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jurgen Habermas, Richard Rorty, and Pierre Bourdieu. It also features essays from modern philosophers who share their own examinations of and thoughts concerning Heidegger's approaches to the philosophy of language, mind, and action.