Introduction to existentialism : from Kierkegaard to The seventh seal /
This textbook introduces you to existentialist philosophical theory and its cultural influence. The first part of the book offers an introductory overview of the 19th century historical roots of existentialist thought and chapters on all the key players, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, de...
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
[2020]
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Table of Contents:
- An earthly and earthy outlook
- Traditional existentialist thinkers
- Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
- Martin Heidegger (1889-1976)
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980)
- Albert Camus (1913-1960)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986)
- Existentialism in religion, culture, psychology and film
- Christian existentialism
- Jewish existentialism
- American existentialism
- Existentialist psychology
- Existentialism in the cinema
- Why existentialism today? The need for realistic, humane, and responsible leadership.