Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre

Zusatztext "The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre! which confronts an impressive number of the major interpreters of Sartre! is an extremely valuable scholarly contribution to that study."--Thomas C. Anderson! Marquette University for Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews Informationen zum Autor Jonathan Webber is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Cardiff. He has published papers on Sartre and on the theory of character in leading academic journals and is the English translator of Sartre's book The Imaginary. Klappentext Careful consideration of Sartre's theoretical and fictional writings shows his view that a person's character consists in their projects to be the unifying theme of his existentialist theories of consciousness, freedom, the self, bad faith, personal relationships, existential psychoanalysis, and the ethic of authenticity. Zusammenfassung Careful consideration of Sartre’s theoretical and fictional writings shows his view that a person’s character consists in their projects to be the unifying theme of his existentialist theories of consciousness, freedom, the self, bad faith, personal relationships, existential psychoanalysis, and the ethic of authenticity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Chapter One: Understanding Ourselves Chapter Two: The Reality of Character Chapter Three: Situations Chapter Four: Freely Chosen Projects Chapter Five: Radical Freedom Chapter Six: Anguish, Bad Faith, and Sincerity Chapter Seven: The Project of Bad Faith Chapter Eight: God and the Useless Passion Chapter Nine: One Another Chapter Ten: The Virtue of Authenticity Chapter Eleven: Being One Self Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Jonatha Webber, Jonathan Webber, Jonathan (Cardiff University Webber, Webber Jonathan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.12.2008
• EAN: 9780415411189
• ISBN: 978-0-415-41118-9
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy; Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / General, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / General, PHILOSOPHY / Criticism, PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Existentialism, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Phenomenology & Existentialism, Phenomenology and Existentialism