Existentialism 5

He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film. In 1908 The Old Wives' Tale was published and was an immediate success throughout the Engl……続きを見る

I (A5, 138 P.) - To paraphrase Hannah Arendt: "What is true to the spirit is not always true for the soul" and in that sense, the Cartesian made his choice: chose to be alone with the spirit and gav……続きを見る

Dr. Herrmann-Keeling presents a scholarly volume on the life and work of Danish philosopher-theologian Soren Kierkegaard, founder of modern Existentialism. Childhood influences on his later attitude……続きを見る

Based on the latest debate on Jean-Paul Sartre’s works on ethics and politics, this book examines the relevancy and importance Sartre holds for contemporary concerns – the reactionary nature of terr……続きを見る

Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the……続きを見る

Central to understanding evil in Nietzsche philosophy was the idea of affirmation of life. Nietzsche was known to question everything. He questioned socially accepted doctrines and was referred to a……続きを見る

'Best single source on Kierkegaard I've seen. Excellent short biography of his life and family. Fantastic explanation of how to approach Kierkegaard's ideas… I did spend a lot of time on the Danish ……続きを見る

The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Existentialism Made Easy is a……続きを見る

Thus Spake Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche translated by Thomas Common A 19th-century literary masterpiece, tremendously influential in the arts and in philosophy, uses the Persian religious lead……続きを見る

Absurdity, time, deathーeach poses a profound threat to Being, compelling us to face our limits and our finitude. Yet what does it mean to fully realize and experience these threats? Finite Transcen……続きを見る

Eine kompakte Einführung in das philosophische Werk des Begründers des französischen Existentialismus', des Schriftstellers und streitbaren Intellektuellen Jean-Paul Sartre. Text aus der Reihe "Grun……続きを見る

On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration (Greek: Περὶ νεότητος καὶ γήρως, καὶ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου, καὶ ἀναπνοῆς, Latin: De Juventute et Senectute, De Vita et Morte, De Respiratione) is one of……続きを見る

"Boy Wanted," presented as "a book of cheerful counsel to his young friends and such of the seniors as are not too old to accept a bit of friendly admonition." In the present volume, as in "Boy Want……続きを見る

Subjects and Simulations presents essays focused on suffering and sublimity, representation and subjectivity, and the relation of truth and appearance in the twenty-first century. Inspired by the wo……続きを見る

Understand Existentialism breaks down a complex mode of thought into more manageable sections, enabling you to get to grips with the key concepts within the movement. Chart the origins and developme……続きを見る

Have you ever wondered what the phrase “God is dead” means? You’ll find out in Existentialism For Dummies, a handy guide to Nietzsche, Sartre, and Kierkegaard’s favorite philosophy. See how existent……続きを見る

The present volume gathers all of Beckett's texts for theatre, from 1955 to 1984. It includes both the major dramatic works and the short and more compressed texts for the stage and for radio. 'He b……続きを見る

The Flame of Eternity provides a reexamination and new interpretation of Nietzsche's philosophy and the central role that the concepts of eternity and time, as he understood them, played in it. Acco……続きを見る

"In the vast literature of love, The Seducer's Diary is an intricate curiosity--a feverishly intellectual attempt to reconstruct an erotic failure as a pedagogic success, a wound masked as a boast,"……続きを見る

Philosophy of Existence was first presented to the public as a series of lectures invited by The German Academy of Frankfurt. In preparing these lectures Jaspers, whom the Nazis had already dismisse……続きを見る

Simone de Beauvoir’s account of the last ten years of Jean-Paul Sartre’s life provides a focus for understanding one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century. But the book, consisting of bo……続きを見る

Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to concerns of th……続きを見る

**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWS In a memoir of family bonding and cutting-edge physics for readers of Brian Greene’s The Hidden Reality and Jim Holt’s Why Does the World ……続きを見る

By one of the most profoundly influential thinkers of our century, The Rebel is a classic essay on revolution that resonates as an ardent, eloquent, and supremely rational voice of conscience for ou……続きを見る

A groundbreaking book that explores how astrology can inform our understanding of the events that have shaped our worldーthe inspiration for the docuseries Changing of the Gods. In these pages, dist……続きを見る

“All Things Are Possible” is a 1920 English translation of the 1905 work by the Ukrainian/Russian existentialist philosopher Shestov. It draws on the aphoristic style of Nietzsche and deals with as ……続きを見る

The relationship of philosophy with Kafka’s oeuvre is complex. It has been argued that Kafka’s novels and stories defy philosophic extrapolation; conversely, it has also been suggested that precisel……続きを見る

The book offers an elucidation of two of the most important themes in Martin Heidegger’s early as well as later philosophical writings. These perennial themes of his thought, namely, the concept of ……続きを見る

Encounters with Alphonso Lingis is the first extensive study of this American philosopher who is gaining an international reputation to augment his national one. Lingis's books have already been tra……続きを見る

'Why don’t young athletes in sport just quit?’ Starting with this question and drawing on existential philosophy, phenomenology and hermeneutics, Talent Development, Existential Philosophy and Sport……続きを見る