From Rationalism to Existentialism - The Existentialists and Their Nineteenth-Century Backgrounds

In this enduring text, renowned philosopher Robert C. Solomon provides students with a detailed introduction to modern existentialism. He reveals how this philosophy not only connects with, but also derives from, the thought of traditional philosophers through the works of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction Part 2 The Nineteenth-Century Backgrounds: Kant, Hegel, and Existentialism Chapter 3 Immanuel Kant Chapter 4 G.W.F. Hegel Chapter 5 Soren Kierkegaard Chapter 6 Friedrich Nietzsche Part 7 The Twentieth Century: Phenomenology and Existentialism Chapter 8 Edmund Husserl and Phenomenology Chapter 9 Martin Heidegger Chapter 10 Jean-Paul Sartre and French Existentialism Chapter 11 Bibliography Chapter 12 Footnotes Chapter 13 Index

About the author

Robert C. Solomon is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Texas at Austin. He is author of several best-selling textbooks and numerous monographs.

Product details

• Authors: Robert C. Solomon
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2001
• EAN: 9780742512412
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-1241-2
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 229 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 549 g
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Phenomenology, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism