Existentialism : a philosophical inquiry /
Existentialism asks some of the most fundamental questions about human existence. What gives our lives meaning and value? What is it to live truthfully? How do I live an authentic life? What is my responsibility to myself and to others? In this book, Joel Smith introduces and assesses the arguments...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
[2022].
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| Summary: | Existentialism asks some of the most fundamental questions about human existence. What gives our lives meaning and value? What is it to live truthfully? How do I live an authentic life? What is my responsibility to myself and to others? In this book, Joel Smith introduces and assesses the arguments and controversies surrounding these questions in an engaging way, providing a superb introduction to this important and perennial philosophical subject. Connecting existentialist themes with contemporary questions in ethics, philosophy of action and the emotions he brings existentialism to life. He does so by both focusing on a set of distinctively existentialist questions and themes, including race and gender, while at the same time as engaging with the classic existentialist texts from Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Fanon and others. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 251 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-242) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780367466374 0367466376 9780367466367 0367466368 |