Situation and Human Existence - Freedom, Subjectivity and Society

Informationen zum Autor Sonia Kruks Klappentext This book, first published in 1990, traces the development of the concept of situation through the work of Marcel, Sartre, de Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty. It shows how it illuminates questions of self or subjectivity, embodiment and gender, society and history, and argues that it goes far beyond notions of the 'death of the subject'. Zusammenfassung This book, first published in 1990, traces the development of the concept of situation through the work of Marcel, Sartre, de Beauvoir and Merleau-Ponty. It shows how it illuminates questions of self or subjectivity, embodiment and gender, society and history, and argues that it goes far beyond notions of the ‘death of the subject’. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Marcel: Embodiment and Situation 2. Sartre: Individual Constitution of Situation 3. Beauvoir: the Weight of Situation 4. Merleau-Ponty: Situation and Social World 5. Sartre: Praxis in Situation

Product details

• Authors: Sonia Kruks
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9780367110956
• ISBN: 978-0-367-11095-6
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Existentialism; Routledge Library Editions: Existentialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous