Schrift Twentieth-Century French Philosophy

Key Themes and Thinkers
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-4394-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, E-Book

This unique book addresses trends such as vitalism, neo-Kantianism,existentialism, Marxism and feminism, and provides concisebiographies of the influential philosophers who shaped thesemovements, including entries on over ninety thinkers.
* Offers discussion and cross-referencing of ideas andfigures
* Provides Appendix on the distinctive nature of French academicculture

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schrift, Alan D.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.
Chronology.
Part I.
1. The Early Decades.
2. Phenomenology on the Way to Existentialism.
3. Existentialism and its Other.
4. Structuralism and the Challenge to Philosophy.
5. After Structuralism.
6. Conclusion.
Part II.
Key Biographies in Brief.
Appendix 1: Understanding French Academic Culture.
Appendix 2: Bibliography of French Philosophy in EnglishTranslation.
Works Cited and Consulted.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Alan D. Schrift is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Grinnell College Center for the Humanities. He is the author of Nietzsche and the Question of Interpretation: Between Hermeneutics and Deconstruction (1990), Nietzsche's French Legacy: A Genealogy of Poststructuralism (1995), Modernity and the Problem of Evil (2005), and the editor of six collections of essays, including The Logic of Gift: Toward an Ethic of Generosity (1997).