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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786834203321

Autore

Earnshaw Steven

Titolo

Existentialism : a guide for the perplexed / / Steven Earnshaw

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Continuum International Pub. Group, , 2006

ISBN

1-4411-0517-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Guides for the Perplexed

Disciplina

142/.78

Soggetti

Existentialism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : what is existentialism? -- Kierkegaard -- Nietzsche -- Heidegger -- Sartre -- Camus -- Being and self -- Phenomenology and consciousness -- God and nothingness -- Freedom, ethics and commitment -- And now-- ?

Sommario/riassunto

Existentialism is often studied by students with little or no background in philosophy; either as an introduction to the idea of studying philosophy or as part of a literary course. Although it is often an attractive topic for students interested in thinking about questions of ''self'' or ''being'', it also requires them to study difficult thinkers and texts. This Guide for the Perplexed begins with the question of ''What is Existentialism?'' and then moves on to provide a brief analysis of the key thinkers, writers and texts - both philosophical and literary - central to existentialism. Chapt