9780745611846-0745611842-An Introduction to Continental Philosophy

An Introduction to Continental Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780745611846
ISBN-10: 0745611842
Edition: 1
Author: David West
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Polity Pr
Format: Hardcover 278 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780745611846
ISBN-10: 0745611842
Edition: 1
Author: David West
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Polity Pr
Format: Hardcover 278 pages

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An Introduction to Continental Philosophy (ISBN-13: 9780745611846 and ISBN-10: 0745611842), written by authors David West, was published by Polity Pr in 1996. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent An Introduction to Continental Philosophy (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.3.

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This book provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to philosophy in the continental tradition. It is a wide-ranging and reliable guide to the work of such major figures as Habermas, Foucault, Derrida, Heidegger, Sartre and Nietzsche. At the same time, it situates their thought within a coherent overall account of the development of continental philosophy since the Enlightenment. Individual chapters consider the character of modernity, the Enlightenment and its continental critics; the ideas of Marxism, the Frankfurt School and Habermas; hermeneutics and phenomenology; existentialism; structuralism and post-structuralism; and postmodernism. In addition to the thinkers already mentioned, there is extended discussion of the ideas of Kant, Hegel, Dilthey, Husserl, Gadamer, Kierkegaard, De Beauvoir and Lyotard. An Introduction to Continental Philosophy is an invaluable introductory text for courses on continental philosophy as well as courses dealing with major figures or influential approaches within that tradition. It will also be most helpful to students and academics from the many disciplines which have been significantly influenced by continental philosophy in recent years, including politics, sociology, anthropology, psychology, theology, literature and cultural studies.
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