William R Schroeder

Continental Philosophy

A Critical Approach

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Produktbeschreibung

Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach is a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chronologically organized, the book includes chapters on Hegel; Marx and Western Marxism; Schopenhauer, Freud, and Bergson; Nietzsche; hermeneutics; phenomenology; existentialism; structuralism; philosophies of dispersion; French feminist philosophy; and postmodernism. Each chapter includes an assessment of the thinkers it covers and highlights their main contributions. The book also provides a discussion of the value, present situation, and future prospects of Continental philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1085g
• ISBN-13: 9781557868800
• ISBN-10: 1557868808
• Artikelnr.: 22029796

Autorenporträt

Chiara Bottici teaches Philosophy at the New School for Social Research, New York. Her publications include A Philosophy of Political Myth (CUP, 2010), Men and States (Palgrave, 2009) and The Anarchist Turn (Pluto, 2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments.

Preface.

Introduction.

1. Hegel.

2. Marx and Western Marxism.

3. Life Philosophy and the Unconscious.

4. Nietzsche.

5. Hermeneutics.

6. Phenomenology.

7. Existentialism and Philosophical Anthropology.

8. Structuralism.

9. Philosophies of Dispersion.

10. French Feminist Philosophy.

11. Postmodernism.

Conclusions.

Index

Rezensionen

"Schroeder has a masterful command of the Continentaltradition after Kant in European philosophy. He presents acomprehensive critical introduction to the philosophers who haveshaped it, in an admirably clear and concise idiom that is readilyaccessible to academics, students, and general readersalike."

Richard Schacht, University of Illinois

"This is an enormously impressive work. In the fashion ofa panoramic mosaic, it assembles incisive analyses of the host ofthinkers who comprise the 'Continental Tradition' inphilosophy. Like no other book before it, it succeeds not only inhelping us to understand the past, but also defines an array offuture tasks that those working in this field will have toaddress."

Frithjof Bergmann, University of Michigan

"Schroeder captures Continental philosophy's complextrajectory in clear and thoughtful language. Along the way, heoffers provocative challenges to many of its centralfigures."

Todd May, Clemson University