Continental Philosophy - A Critical Approach

Informationen zum Autor Chiara Bottici teaches Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. Her publications include A Philosophy of Political Myth (CUP, 2010), Men and States (Palgrave, 2009) and The Anarchist Turn (Pluto, 2013). Klappentext Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach is a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chronologically organized, the book includes chapters on Hegel; Marx and Western Marxism; Schopenhauer, Freud, and Bergson; Nietzsche; hermeneutics; phenomenology; existentialism; structuralism; philosophies of dispersion; French feminist philosophy; and postmodernism. Each chapter includes an assessment of the thinkers it covers and highlights their main contributions. The book also provides a discussion of the value, present situation, and future prospects of Continental philosophy. Zusammenfassung Presents an introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This work includes chapters on Hegel; Marx and Western Marxism; Schopenhauer! Freud! and Bergson; Nietzsche; hermeneutics; phenomenology; existentialism; structuralism!; poststructuralism; French feminism; and! postmodernism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Preface. Introduction. 1. Hegel. 2. Marx and Western Marxism. 3. Life Philosophy and the Unconscious. 4. Nietzsche. 5. Hermeneutics. 6. Phenomenology. 7. Existentialism and Philosophical Anthropology. 8. Structuralism. 9. Philosophies of Dispersion. 10. French Feminist Philosophy. 11. Postmodernism. Conclusions. Index

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• Authors: Simon Critchley, Patricia Ed Schroeder, Patricia Ed. Schroeder, William R Schroeder, William R. Schroeder, William R. (University of Illinois) Schroeder, William Ralph Schroeder, Schroeder William R.
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.09.2004
• EAN: 9781557868800
• ISBN: 978-1-55786-880-0
• No. of pages: 480
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy