1. Understanding ontotheology, or "The history that we are" -- 2. Heidegger's critique of modern aesthetics -- 3. Heidegger's postmodern understanding of art -- 4. "Even better than the real thing?" Postmodernity, the triumph of the simulacra, and U2 -- 5. Deconstructing the hero : the postmodern comic book -- 6. The philosophical fugue : understanding the structure and goal of Heidegger's Contributions to philosophy -- 7. The danger and the promise of Heidegger, and American perspective -- 8. Against conclusions.