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Jonathan Webber presents an original interpretation of existentialism as the ethical theory that human freedom is the foundation of all other values. He analyses classic works by Sartre, Beauvoir, and Fanon, in critical contrast with others by Camus, Freud, and Merleau-Ponty and discusses key topics such as character, gender, and race.
List of contents
- 1: What Is Existentialism?
- 2: Why Meursault is an Outsider
- 3: Freedom and the Origins of Reasons
- 4: Why Xaviere is a Threat to Francoise
- 5: Psychoanalysis and the Existentialist Mind
- 6: Why Inez is not in Hell
- 7: Sedimentation and the Origins of Cultural Values
- 8: Black Skin, White Masks
- 9: From Absurdity to Authenticity
- 10: The Imperative of Authenticity
- 11: The Future of Existentialism
About the author
Jonathan Webber is Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University. He has published papers on moral philosophy and philosophy of psychology in leading academic journals including Analysis, European Journal of Philosophy, Journal of Moral Philosophy, Mind, and Philosophical Quarterly. He is the author of the monograph The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre, editor of the collection of essays Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism, co-editor of From Personality to Virtue: Essays in the Philosophy of Character, and translator of Sartre's book The Imaginary.
Summary
Jonathan Webber presents an original interpretation of existentialism as the ethical theory that human freedom is the foundation of all other values. He analyses classic works by Sartre, Beauvoir, and Fanon, in critical contrast with others by Camus, Freud, and Merleau-Ponty and discusses key topics such as character, gender, and race.
