Existentialist Background : Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Jaspers, Heidegger (Sartre and Existentialism: Philosophy, Politics, Ethics, the Psyche, Literature, and Aesthetics) [Library Binding]

William L. McBride (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1996 | ISBN-10: 0815324928 | ISBN-13: 978-0815324928 | Edition: 1

Existentialist Background: Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Jaspers, HeideggerThese essays explore the relationship to existentialism of some of Sartre's 19th-century predecessors and near-contemporaries. For example, Kierkegaard was never told that he was an existentialist, and Heidegger rejected the label. Nevertheless, they, along with the others discussed in this volume, are frequently identified as such. Some of the contributors clarify these issues through their disagreements with one another, while others analyze major affinities and differences between Sartre and other existentialists on such basic subjects as freedom, transcendence, and the connection between human beings and Being.

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About the Author

William L. McBride Professor of Philosophy at Purdue University, is co-founder of the North American Sartre Society, and the first chairperson of its executive board. His most recent publications include Social and Political Philosophy and Sartre's Political Theory. He was recently named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques by the French Government, and has served as Chairperson of the Committee on International Cooperation of the American Philosophical Association and as President of the Societe Americaine de Philosophie de Langue Francaise.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 424 pages
• Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0815324928
• ISBN-13: 978-0815324928
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
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