Heidegger is one of the most controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. His writings are notoriously difficult; they both require and reward careful reading. Being and Time , his first major publication, remains to this day his most influential work. Heidegger and Being and Time introduces and assesses: * Heidegger’s life and the background to Being and Time * the ideas and text of Being and Time *Heidegger’s continuing importance to philosophy and his contribution to the intellectual life of our century. In this second edition, Stephen Mulhall expands his treatment of scepticism, revises his discussion on death, and reassesses the contentious relationship between the two parts of Being and Time with a focus on the notion of authenticity. This guide will be vital to all students of Heidegger in philosophy and cultural theory.

S·馬爾霍爾（stephen Mulhall），生於1962年。英國牛津大學（新學院New college）哲學助理教授和哲學學會會員。主要研究領域為現象學、存在主義哲學以及哲學史，尤其對鬍塞爾、維特根斯坦、海德格爾以及剋爾凱郭爾等人的思想，有著深刻而獨到的個人理解。

海德格爾是20世紀最重要也是最有爭議的哲學傢之一，他在西方傳統哲學的基礎上有所超越，直接追問人的生存狀態這一核心命題。《存在與時間》一書是海德格爾哲學觀最係統的錶述，也直接奠定瞭他在哲學史上的地位。迄今為止，此書也是最具影響的哲學著作之一。本書是對《存在與時間》一書的導讀，在海德格爾生平與寫作的背景下，作者提取其哲學觀念中最為關鍵的概念入手，逐節對《存在與時間》進行瞭分析與解讀，進而把握瞭海氏宏大而晦澀的哲學理念。與原著艱澀煩雜相比，本書簡潔明瞭，成為理解海德格爾及其代錶作的工具書，對哲學和文化理論學習與研究具有重要的參考價值。