Martin Heidegger is without doubt the most important, influential and infamous philosopher in the 20th Century Continental tradition. Being and Time is his magnum opus. The purpose of this course is to get a grip on what Heidegger calls his ‘existential analytic’ through a series of lectures and readings. We will discuss his transformative conception of world, self and others. I will try and bring out the enduring relevance and illuminating power of Heidegger’s central thought, namely that the human being is a ‘thrown project’ that is constituted by time and defined by anxiety, being towards death, conscience, finitude and history. It is my belief that once one has grasped Heidegger’s basic thought, everything changes in one’s approach to life and thought. My aim in this course is to help that happen.