Full name: Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Thomas Flynn Year: 2006 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Philosophy, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads LibraryThing Amazon ISBNs: 9780192804280

One of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century, existentialism has had more impact on literature and the arts than any other school of thought. Focusing on the leading figures of existentialism, including Sartre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Kierkegaard, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, and Camus, Thomas Flynn offers a concise account of existentialism, explaining the key themes of individuality, free will, and personal responsibility, which marked the movement as a way of life, not just a way of thinking. Flynn sets the philosophy of existentialism in context, from the early phenomenologists, to its rise in the 40's and 50's, and the connections with National Socialism, Communism, and Feminism. He identifies the original definition of "existentialism," which tends to be obscured by misappropriation, and highlights how the philosophy is still relevant in our world today. Similar books: Irrational Man by William Barrett The Transcendence of the Ego: An Existentialist Theory of Consciousness by Jean-Paul Sartre Existentialism by Walter Kaufmann Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean-Paul Sartre Existentialism by Robert C. Solomon Introducing Sartre by Philip Thody Basic Writings of Existentialism by Gordon Marino The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir Existentialism Is a Humanism by Jean-Paul Sartre The Pig That Wants to Be Eaten by Julian Baggini Philosophy by Edward Craig The Duck That Won the Lottery by Julian Baggini Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking by Daniel C. Dennett Wittgenstein in 90 Minutes by Paul Strathern On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer The Notebooks of Simone Weil by Simone Weil A Thousand Plateaus by Gilles Deleuze Karma Yoga by Swami Vivekananda The Philosophy Book by Will Buckingham Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan