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What Do Existentialists Believe?
Richard Appignanesi
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Description for What Do Existentialists Believe?
Paperback. Part of "What Do We Believe" series, this title looks at the history of an existential approach to the question of being, and traces it through the thought of major thinkers and writers such as Soren Kierkegaard, Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. Series: What Do We Believe. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF3; HRQ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
'Necessity makes existentialists of us all ... It is a map drawn truthfully to our likeness' Existentialism is not a unified doctrine or belief in any conventional sense. It breaks ranks with all previous philosophy, unsettles orthodox religion, and questions the supremacy of science. However, the question it poses is of fundamental importance to us all: What on earth am I to make of my existence? In this lively and provocative new introduction to existentialism, Richard Appignanesi challenges the reader to take part in a series of 'thought experiments' in order to illuminate what it means to ... Read more
'Necessity makes existentialists of us all ... It is a map drawn truthfully to our likeness' Existentialism is not a unified doctrine or belief in any conventional sense. It breaks ranks with all previous philosophy, unsettles orthodox religion, and questions the supremacy of science. However, the question it poses is of fundamental importance to us all: What on earth am I to make of my existence? In this lively and provocative new introduction to existentialism, Richard Appignanesi challenges the reader to take part in a series of 'thought experiments' in order to illuminate what it means to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
100
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
What Do We Believe
Condition
New
Number of Pages
100
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862078635
SKU
V9781862078635
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About Richard Appignanesi
Richard Appignanesi is the editor of Icon's Postmodern Encounters series and author of several books, including Introducing Postmodernism and Freud for Beginners.
Reviews for What Do Existentialists Believe?
'An excellent series of short books on beliefs in the modern world' The Bookseller Also available in the series (April 06)- Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Druids