Existentialism for beginners

Cogswell, David. (Author). Lee, Joe. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781934389218 (trade)
ISBN: 1934389218 (trade)
Physical Description: print
175 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Danbury, CT : For Beginners, c2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-173).

Formatted Contents Note:

Existentialism: What's in a name? -- Defining terms -- The dawning of a new awareness -- From the ruins of religion -- Philosophy matters -- In the beginning was (not) the word -- The origins of existentialism -- What unites them -- Hegel: The jumping-off point -- Schopenhauer: The first dissenter -- Dostoyevsky: The visionary -- Kierkegaard: The source -- Nietzsche: The soul -- Kafka: Painter of the absurd -- Rilke: Existential poet -- Jaspers: The formulater -- Phenomenology: Dilthey and Husserl -- Heidegger: A new language -- Sartre: The quintessential existentialist -- Camus: Existential humanist -- Beauvoir: Existential feminism -- Marcel: Existential Christian -- Merleau Ponty: Brother in arms -- Ortega y Gassett: Existential politician -- Existential theater -- Existential film -- Existential music -- Existential art -- Existential psychotherapy -- Existential America -- Existential politics -- Into the sunset -- Selected bibliography -- About the author and illustrator.