Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Very short introductions ; 153
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Very short introductions ; 153.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-132) and index. |
Summary |
Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir Merleau-Ponty and Camus were some of the most important existentialist thinkers. This book provides an account of the existentialist movement, and of the themes of individuality free will, and personal responsibility which make it a 'philosophy as a way of life'. |
Contents |
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 Philosophy as a way of life; 2 Becoming an individual; 3 Humanism: for and against; 4 Authenticity; 5 A chastened individualism? Existentialism and social thought; 6 Existentialism in the 21st century; References; Further reading; Glossary; Index. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Existentialism.
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Existentialism. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Flynn, Thomas R. Existentialism. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0192804286 9780192804280 (DLC) 2006299775 (OCoLC)69483605 |
ISBN |
9780191516825 (electronic book) |
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0191516821 (electronic book) |
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1280752963 |
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9781280752964 |
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0192804286 (paperback) |
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9780192804280 (paperback) |
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