Existentialism [[electronic resource] ] : a very short introduction / / Thomas Flynn

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458918303321
• Autore: Flynn Thomas R
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2006
• ISBN: 1-280-75296-3; 1-4294-5965-4; 0-19-151682-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (144 p.) : ill., ports
• Collana: Very short introductions ; ; 153
• Disciplina: 142.78
• Soggetti: Existentialism; Humanism; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-132) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir Merleau-Ponty and Camus were some of the most important existentialist thinkers. This book provides an account of the existentialist movement, and of the themes of individuality free will, and personal responsibility which make it a 'philosophy as a way of life'.