Simon Critchley (Reader in Philosophy )

Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

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Produktbeschreibung

Shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices. This book discusses the ideas and approaches of various philosophers, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology, by explaining their place in the Continental tradition.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2001
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 178mm x 112mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 150g
• ISBN-13: 9780192853592
• ISBN-10: 0192853597
• Artikelnr.: 21758086

Autorenporträt

Simon Critchley is Reader in Philosophy at Essex and Directeur de Programme at the Collège International de Philosophie, Paris. He is author of The Ethics of Deconstruction (Blackwell, 1992), Very Little Almost Nothing (Routledge, 1997), and Ethics, Politics, Subjectivity (Verso, 1998), and has also edited a number of collections, including the Blackwell Companion to Continental Philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

* List of Illustrations
* Introduction
* 1: The gap between knowledge and wisdom
* 2: Origins of Continental Philosophy - How to get from Kant to German
Idealism
* 3: Two Cultures in Philosophy - the need for both spectacles and eyes
to see with
* 4: Can philosophy change the world? Critique, praxis, emancipation
* 5: What is to be done? How to respond to nihilism
* 6: A case study in misunderstanding: Heidegger and Carnap
* 7: Scientism versus obscurantism: avoiding the traditional
predicament in philosophy
* 8: Sapere aude - the exhaustion of theory and the promise of
philosophy
* Further Reading
* References
* Index