In Search of Authenticity

Great philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied by the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Jacob Golomb looks closely at the literature and writings of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics.
Golomb's writings shows his passionate commitment to the quest for the authenticity - particularly in our climate of post-modern scepticism. He argues that existentialism is all the more pertinent and relevant today when set against the general disillusionment which characterises the late twentieth century.
This book is invaluable reading for those who have been fascinated by figures like Camus's Meursault, Sartre's Matthieu and Nietzsche's Zarathustra.

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Authenticity, Sincerity and Honesty; Chapter 2 Authenticity, Literature and Irony; Chapter 3 Kierkegaard's Ironic Ladder to Authentic Faith; Chapter 4 Nietzsche's Pathos of Authenticity; Chapter 5 Heidegger's Ontology of Authenticity; Chapter 6 Sartre: from Phenomenological Ontology to Psychoanalysis and Politics; Chapter 7 Camus's Return to Authentic Human Morality; conclusion Conclusion: Authenticity and Ethics;

About the author

Jacob Golomb is Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is author of Nietzsche's Enticing Philosophy of Power (1989) and Introduction to the Philosophies of Existence (1990)

Summary

Philosophers such as Kierkgaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied with the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Golomb examines the literature and work of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics.

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Golomb, Golomb Jacob
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.1995
• EAN: 9780415119474
• ISBN: 978-0-415-11947-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 217 mm x 14 mm
• Series: History of Linguistic Thought; Problems of Modern European Thought
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Philosophy: aesthetics, Ethics and moral philosophy, Phenomenology and Existentialism