French Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

Zusammenfassung This book tells! clearly and comprehensively! the story of French philosophy in the twentieth century! from its early preoccupations with spiritualism and philosophy of science! through the emergence of existential phenomenology! to the major trends at the end of the century. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. The Philosophers of the Third Republic (1890-1940): 1. Fin-de-siècle: the professors of the republic; 2. Science and idealism; 3. Bergson; 4. Between the wars; Part II. The Reign of Existential Phenomenology (1940-60): 5. Sartre; 6. Beauvoir; 7. Merleau-Ponty; Part III. Structuralism and Beyond (1960-90): 8. The structuralist invasion; 9. Foucault; 10. Derrida; 11. Philosophies of difference; 12. Fin-de-siècle again: le temps retrouvé?; Conclusion: the philosophy of freedom; Appendix: philosophy and the French educational system.

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• Authors: Gutting Gary, Gary Gutting, Gary (University of Notre Dame Gutting
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.05.2001
• EAN: 9780521662123
• ISBN: 978-0-521-66212-3
• No. of pages: 436
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day