The Question Concerning Technology: And Other EssaysAs relevant now as ever before, this accessible collection is an essential landmark in the philosophy of science from "one of the most profound thinkers of the twentieth century" (New York Times). The advent of machine technology has given rise to some of the deepest problems of modern thought. Featuring the celebrated essay "The Question Concerning Technology," this prescient volume contains Martin Heidegger's groundbreaking investigation into the

love and tragedy

among contemporary American writers

Ingeborg Bachmann

finds herself suddenly unable to stay awake

a retiree from the city who operates a lychee factory in Lubok Sayong

with lucid expositions of questions including the problem of the eternity of the world

Ernest Sosa explains the nature of knowledge through an approach originated by him years ago

and above all a powerful indictment against forgetting

the torments of desire and the death of youth

From the beginning of time

Mozambique’s first published female novelist explores her country’s tradition and culture

mischievous overachiever and her alluring slacker artist girlfriend