The Continental Ethics Reader

The Continental Ethics Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic writings on ethics and moral philosophy from the major figures in Continental thought. The carefully selected readings are divided into five sections Phenomenology and Hermeneutics, Existentialism, Critical Theory, Postmodernism, Psychoanalysis and Feminism. All of the authors and their writings are introduced and place in philoosphical context by the editors. The Continental Ethics Reader is an ideal point of entry to the most pressing issues and most important thinkers of the Continental tradition, and provides a thorough and much needed introduction to the field. G.W.F Hegel, Edmund Husserl, Henri Bergson, Max Scheler, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Emmauel Levinas, Paul Ricoeur, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers, Jean-P

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Introduction Part 1. Phenomenology 1. Lordship and Bondage: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich 2. Fifth Meditation: Edmund Husserl 3. Formalism in Ethics and Nonformal Ethics of Values: Max Scheler 4.Being and Time: Martin Heidegger 5. Philosophy and the Idea of Infinity: Emmanuel Levinas Part 2. Existentialism 6. Is there a Teleological Suspension of the Ethical?: Soren Kierkegaard 7. On the Genealogy of Morals: Friedrich Nietzsche 8. I and Thou: Martin Buber 9. Existentialism is a Humanism: Jean-Paul Sartre 10. Letter on Humanism: Martin Heidegger Part 3. Critical Theory 11. Critique of Violence: Walter Benjamin 12. Enlightenment and Morality: Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno 13. One-Dimensional Man: Herbert Marcuse 14. On the Pragmatic, the Ethical, and the Moral Employments of Practical Reason: Jurgen Habermas Part 4. Postmodernism 15. The Notion of Expenditure: Georges Bataille 16. Substitution: Emmanuel Levinas 17. The Differend: Jean-François Lyotard 18. On the Genealogy of Ethics: Michel Foucault 19. Passions: Jacques Derrida 20. Private Irony and Liberal Hope: Richard Rorty Part 5. Psychoanalysis and Feminism 21. The Super-Ego: Sigmund Freud 22. The Ethics of Psychoanalysis: Jacques Lacan 23. Desiring Machines: Gilles Deleuze and Félix Guattari 24. The Ethics of Sexual Difference: Luce Irigaray 25. The Laugh of the Medusa: Hélène Cixous 26. Women's Time: Julia Kristeva Index

About the Author :
Matthew Calarco is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Sweet Briar College. Peter Atterton teaches philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.

Review :
'A superb volume and certainly one that I - and many other professors - would find immensely helpful.' - Richard Kearney, Boston College 'There is a genuine need for a volume of this kind and I believe it will be a valuable resource...' - Robert Bernasconi, University of Memphis 'An impressive array of texts that collectively reflect the broad sweep of continental approaches to ethical issues.' - Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University, Chicago