The Cambridge Companion to Sartre
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Sartre PDF eBook |
Author | Christina Howells |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 444 |
Release | 1992-08-28 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 9780521388122 |
Providing a balanced view of Sartre's philosophy in relation to contemporary trends in Continental philosophy, this volume shows that many of the topics associated with Lacan, Foucault, Levi-Strauss, and Derrida are to be found in the work of Sartre, in some cases as early as 1936.
The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Crowell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 429 |
Release | 2012-02-16 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 1107493846 |
Existentialism exerts a continuing fascination on students of philosophy and general readers. As a philosophical phenomenon, though, it is often poorly understood, as a form of radical subjectivism that turns its back on reason and argumentation and possesses all the liabilities of philosophical idealism but without any idealistic conceptual clarity. In this volume of original essays, the first to be devoted exclusively to existentialism in over forty years, a team of distinguished commentators discuss the ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and Beauvoir and show how their focus on existence provides a compelling perspective on contemporary issues in moral psychology and philosophy of mind, language and history. A further sequence of chapters examines the influence of existential ideas beyond philosophy, in literature, religion, politics and psychiatry. The volume offers a rich and comprehensive assessment of the continuing vitality of existentialism as a philosophical movement and a cultural phenomenon.
The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Existentialism PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Crowell |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 429 |
Release | 2012-02-16 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521513340 |
These essays demonstrate the contemporary vitality of existential thought, engaging critically with the main concepts and figures of existentialism.
The Cambridge Companion to Camus
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Camus PDF eBook |
Author | Edward J. Hughes |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 187 |
Release | 2007-04-26 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1139827340 |
Albert Camus is one of the iconic figures of twentieth-century French literature, one of France's most widely read modern literary authors and one of the youngest winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature. As the author of L'Etranger and the architect of the notion of 'the Absurd' in the 1940s, he shot to prominence in France and beyond. His work nevertheless attracted hostility as well as acclaim and he was increasingly drawn into bitter political controversies, especially the issue of France's place and role in the country of his birth, Algeria. Most recently, postcolonial studies have identified in his writings a set of preoccupations ripe for revisitation. Situating Camus in his cultural and historical context, this 2007 Companion explores his best-selling novels, his ambiguous engagement with philosophy, his theatre, his increasingly high-profile work as a journalist and his reflection on ethical and political questions that continue to concern readers today.
The Cambridge Companion to Levinas
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Levinas PDF eBook |
Author | Simon Critchley |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 328 |
Release | 2002-07-25 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9780521665650 |
A convenient and accessible guide to Levinas, first published in 2002, which emphasises the interdisciplinary significance of his work.
The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Simone de Beauvoir PDF eBook |
Author | Claudia Card |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 364 |
Release | 2003-03-10 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9780521794299 |
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The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of World War II
Title | The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Marina MacKay |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 259 |
Release | 2009-01-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0521887550 |
An overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature.