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Understanding Existentialism (Paperback)
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Understanding Existentialism (Paperback)
Series: Understanding Movements In Modern Thought
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Understanding Existentialism provides an accessible introduction to
existentialism by examining the major themes in the work of
Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and de Beauvoir. Paying particular
attention to the key texts, Being and Time, Being and Nothingness,
Phenomenology of Perception, The Ethics of Ambiguity and The Second
Sex, the book explores the shared concerns and the disagreements
between these major thinkers. The fundamental existential themes
examined include: freedom; death, finitude and mortality;
phenomenological experiences and 'moods', such as anguish, angst,
nausea, boredom, and fear; an emphasis upon authenticity and
responsibility as well as the denigration of their opposites
(inauthenticity and Bad Faith); a pessimism concerning the tendency
of individuals to become lost in the crowd and even a pessimism
about human relations more generally; and a rejection of any
external determination of morality or value. Finally, the book
assesses the influence of these philosophers on poststructuralism,
arguing that existentialism remains an extraordinarily productive
school of thought.
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