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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820327403321

Autore

Flynn Thomas R

Titolo

Existentialism : a very short introduction / / Thomas Flynn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2006

ISBN

9780191775932

1-280-75296-3

9780191516825

1-4294-5965-4

0-19-151682-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

Very short introductions ; ; 153

Disciplina

142.78

Soggetti

Existentialism

Humanism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-132) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents --  Preface – Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- 1. Philosophy as a way of life -- 2. Becoming an individual -- 3. Humanism: for and against -- 4. Authenticity -- 5. A chastened individualism? Existentialism and social thought -- 6. Existentialism in the 21st century – References -- Further reading; Glossary -- 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'.