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Overview

Existentialism: A Guide for the Perplexed is a concise history and explanation of the major ideas and texts of the greatest Existentialist scholars and writers—a manual that even the puzzled layman can grasp. For instance:
  • You've heard of Nietzsche's familiar phrase "God is dead"—but did you know that Nietzsche offers a vision of good and evil that is determined by humans instead?
  • You're familiar with Kafka's Metamorphosis—but do you know why the novel form is tailor-made to explore the inner workings of the mind?
  • You recall Heidegger's connection to Nazism—but do you understand why ...
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Overview

Existentialism: A Guide for the Perplexed is a concise history and explanation of the major ideas and texts of the greatest Existentialist scholars and writers—a manual that even the puzzled layman can grasp. For instance:
  • You've heard of Nietzsche's familiar phrase "God is dead"—but did you know that Nietzsche offers a vision of good and evil that is determined by humans instead?
  • You're familiar with Kafka's Metamorphosis—but do you know why the novel form is tailor-made to explore the inner workings of the mind?
  • You recall Heidegger's connection to Nazism—but do you understand why Satre equated living under German-occupied France with "total responsibility in total solitude...the revelation of our freedom"?
  • You may know about Camus' Arab-killer on the beach—but do you know why Camus' most famous character embodies acceptance of the self and the world as it is?

Whether this is your introduction to philosophy, you read Crime and Punishment in school but never truly "got it," or you're simply looking for a deeper understanding of Existentialism—this accessible and thought-provoking book will change the way you see your "self."

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781567319620
  • Publisher: MJF Books
  • Publication date: 6/20/2009
  • Pages: 186
  • Sales rank: 283,919
  • Product dimensions: 5.50 (w) x 8.30 (h) x 1.00 (d)

Meet the Author


Steven Earnshaw is a Principal Lecturer and Head of English Studies at Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: What is Existentialism?
Part I: Thinkers
2. Kierkegaard
3. Nietzsche
4. Heidegger
5. Sartre
6. Camus Part II: Themes
7. Introduction
8. Being and Self
9. Phenomenology and Consciousness
10. God and Nothingness
11. Freedom, Ethics and Commitment
12. And now...?
Further Reading

Bibliography

Index

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