Existentialism entered the public consciousness after the Second
World War, especially through the work of Jean-Paul Sartre and
Simone de Beauvoir. Indeed, these charismatic and engaged thinkers
gave philosophy a level of glamour it had not before enjoyed, while
existentialism's forefathers-including Friedrich Nietzsche and
Soren Kierkegaard-were soon rediscovered and embraced anew.
Moreover, in addition to the initial connection between
existentialism and literature, the movement developed many
interdisciplinary approaches: feminist existentialism, religious
existentialism, and political existentialism, to name just a few.
As a broad philosophical doctrine, as well as in its
interdisciplinary combinations, existentialism is of lasting
significance, and remains a thriving enterprise. To make sense of
existentialism's huge-and growing-corpus of scholarly literature,
this new Routledge collection answers the need for an
authoritative, up-to-date, and comprehensive reference work. In
four volumes, it assembles the foundational and the very best
cutting-edge research. Volume I ('Key Figures and Definitions')
maps the development of existentialism from the first
existentialist to the classic and contemporary existentialists. It
also gives users an impression of the most prominent definitions of
existentialism. Volume II ('Basic Themes and Concepts'), meanwhile,
collects the most important texts on the key notions of
existentialism, such as subject/object, authenticity, ambiguity,
humanism, and emotions. Volume III ('Existentialist Aesthetics and
Psychology') attends to those areas outside philosophy which have
been most influenced by existentialism: aesthetics (literature,
theatre, art, theory) and psychology (psychoanalysis,
psychotherapy). The final volume in the collection ('Horizons of
Existentialism') considers several other interdisciplinary areas,
including: religion, feminism, communications, and politics.
Existentialism is supplemented with a full index, and includes a
newly written comprehensive introduction which places the collected
material in its historical and intellectual context. The collection
will be valued by scholars, students, and researchers as a vital
research resource.
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