The Bloomsbury Companion to Existentialism

The Bloomsbury Companion to Existentialism is the definitive guide to this key area of modern European philosophy. Now available in paperback, the book covers the fundamental questions asked by existentialism, providing valuable guidance for students and researchers to some of the many important and enduring contributions of existentialist thinkers. Chapters from an international team of experts explore existentialism''s relationship to philosophical method; ontology; politics; psychoanalysis; ethics; religion; literature; emotion; feminism and sexuality; emotions; authenticity and the self; its significance in Latin American culture; and its contribution to the development of post-structuralism and cognitive science. In addition, five short chapters summarize the status of canonical figures Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir, delineating the historical approach to their work, while pointing to new directions contemporary research is now taking. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools such as an A to Z glossary, a timeline of key events, texts and thinkers in existentialism, a list of resources, and an annotated guide to further reading, this Companion is an essential resource to help the new reader navigate through the heart of Existentialism and modern European philosophy.>

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• Authors: Felicity Joseph, Joseph Felicity, Jack Reynolds, Ashley Woodward
• Assisted by: Felicity Joseph (Editor), Dr. Jack Reynolds (Editor), Jack Reynolds (Editor), Ashley Woodward (Editor), Woodward Ashley (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.09.2014
• EAN: 9781472567833
• ISBN: 978-1-4725-6783-3
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 229 mm x 23 mm
• Series: Bloomsbury Companions; Bloomsbury Companions
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > 20th and 21st centuries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism