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Title | Existentialism: A Beginner's Guide |
Author(s) | Thomas E. Wartenberg |
Description | Using classic films, novels, and plays, Thomas E. Wartenberg explores the central ideas of Existentialism including freedom, authenticity, anxiety, and the Absurd. As well as discussing the ideas of such legendary thinkers as Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre, Wartenberg shows how Simone de Beauvior and Franz Fanon use the theories of Existentialism to address gender and colonial oppression. This lively introduction reveals a vibrant mode of philosophical inquiry that pervades modern culture and addresses concerns at the heart of every human being. |
Dedication | "For the Whartons In memory of Heinz, Nellie, and Connie and for Peter for first supporting my existential leanings and In memory of Joseph Epstein, who first rekindled the flame" |
ISBN | 978-1-85168-593-6 |
Book Dimensions | Width: 5.06″ (5 1/16″) |
Height: 7.81″ (7 13/16″) | |
Depth: 0.75″ (¾″) | |
Page Count | 234 |
Contents | Preface, Introduction, nine (9) chapters, Further reading, Bibliography, Filmography, Index |
Typeset | Jayvee, Trivandrum, India |
Cover Design | Simon McFadden |
Author Photograph | -- |
Published | August 7, 2008 |
Publisher | Oneworld Publications (www.oneworld-publications.com) |
Copyright | © Thomas E. Wartenberg 2008 |
Printed in / Bound in | Great Britain by Bell & Bain Ltd., Glasgow |
Book Format | Paperback, Kindle, Audible Audio |
Quoted Reviews |
"Will make existentialism come alive for a new generation of readers. It clarifies key existentialist concepts and helps us all appreciate why existentialism was philosophy's most exciting contribution to twentieth-century thought." — Gareth B. Matthews - author and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst "Concise, interesting, and very readable." — William McBride - Arthur G. Hansen Distinguished Professor in the Department of Philosophy, Yale University "Wartenberg's engaging and lucid text is at once a guide to existential thought and an introduction to philosophy as such. In addition to the thought of the great philosophers, it finds philosophical insights in world literature and popular culture...and addresses students in terms that make sense in their lives." — Arthur C. Danto - author, art critic, and Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Colombia University |
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Other | Thomas E. Wartenberg is Professor of Philosophy at Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA. He is the author of Unlikely Couples: Movie Romance as Social Criticism. |
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