The Continuum Companion to Existentialism
The Continuum Companion to Existentialism: (Bloomsbury Companions)

The Continuum Companion to Existentialism: (Bloomsbury Companions)


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Bringing together a team of leading international scholars, this is an accessibly one volume reference guide to the latest research and future directions in Existentialism. "The Continuum Companion to Existentialism" offers the definitive guide to a key area of modern European philosophy. The book covers all the fundamental questions asked by existentialism - areas that have continued to attract interest historically as well as topics that have emerged more recently as active areas of research. Eighteen specially commissioned essays from an international team of experts reveal where important work continues to be done in the area and, most valuably, the exciting new directions the field is taking. The Companion explores issues pertaining to the intersection between existentialism and ontology / metaphysics, politics, psychoanalysis, ethics, religion, aesthetics, sexuality, emotion, cognitive science and post structuralism, as well as including full coverage of the key existential thinkers. Featuring a series of indispensable research tools, including an A to Z of key terms and concepts, a chronology, a detailed list of resources and a fully annotated bibliography, this is the essential reference tool for anyone working in existentialism or modern European philosophy more generally. "The Continuum Companions" series is a major series of single volume companions to key research fields in the humanities aimed at postgraduate students, scholars and libraries. Each companion offers a comprehensive reference resource giving an overview of key topics, research areas, new directions and a manageable guide to beginning or developing research in the field. A distinctive feature of the series is that each companion provides practical guidance on advanced study and research in the field, including research methods and subject-specific resources.

Table of Contents:
Contributors \ 1. Introduction Felicity Joseph, Jack Reynolds and Ashley Woodward \ 2. Existentialism, Phenomenology and Philosophical Method Felicity Joseph and Jack Reynolds \ Part I - Current Research and Issues\ 3. Existentialism, Metaphysics and Ontology Chris Onof \ 4. Existentialism and Politics David Sherman \ 5. Existentialism, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy Douglas Kirsner \ 6. Existentialism and Ethics Debra Bergoffen \ 7. Existentialism and Religion George Pattison \ 8. Existentialism and Literature Colin Davis \ 9. Existentialism, Feminism and Sexuality Margeurite La Caze \ 10. Existentialism and the Emotions Suzanne L. Cataldi \ 11. Existentialism, Authenticity and the Self Christopher Macann \ 12. Existentialism and Latin America Roberto Domingo Toledo \ Part II - New Directions \ 13. Existentialism and Cognitive Science Michael Wheeler and Ezequiel di Paolo \ 14. Existentialism and Poststructuralism: Some Unfashionable Observations Jack Reynolds and Ashley Woodward \ 15. Recent Developments in Scholarship on Key Existentialists \ I. Kierkegaard William McDonald \ II. Nietzsche Keith Ansell-Pearson \ III. Heidegger Andrew J. Mitchell \ IV. Sartre Peter Gratton \ V. De Beauvoir Laura Hengehold \ Part III - Resources \ 16. A - Z Glossary \ 17. A Chronology of Key Events, Texts and Thinkers \ 18. Research Resources in Existentialism \ 19. Annotated Guide to Further Reading \ Index

About the Author :
Jack Reynolds is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at La Trobe University, Australia and author of Merleau-Ponty and Derrida: Intertwining Embodiment and Alterity (Ohio UP, 2004) and Understanding Existentialism (Acumen, 2006) and co-editor of Understanding Derrida (Continuum, 2004). Ashley Woodward teaches philosophy at the Melbourne School of Continental Philosophy, Australia. He is the author of Nihilism in Postmodernity (The Davies Group, 2010), a co-editor of Sensorium: Aesthetics, Art, Life (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2007), and a regular editor for Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy.

Review :
‘[The book's] features add scope and depth that set this book apart from others written for novices. Readers get a comprehensive introduction to existentialism.'—Choice Magazine The spirit of this Companion is that of advocate, teacher and muse, to those drawn to existentialism but unable to fully formulate the continuing relevance and importance of this school of thought. Pierre Hadot's What is Ancient Philosophy? strove to make ancient philosophy a wise and fruitful field around which to build a career and life; so, too, this Companion makes the case for the wisdom of existentialism. An exceptionally fruitful addition to the Continuum Companions, this volume on Existentialism gathers together an impressive range of scholars on a wide variety of research areas ranging through the philosophical, the psychoanalytic, the historical, the religious, and the literary to contemporary cognitive science and politics. Highly recommended for students and academics alike. ...this book is a clear achievement and stands out as a key reference and guide for all with an interest in existentialism as a whole or in individual existentialist thinkers. Its depth is encyclopaedic and impressive and its perspective is all at once retrospective, current and forward-looking.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780826438454
  • Publisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Publisher Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 416
  • Series Title: Bloomsbury Companions
  • ISBN-10: 0826438458
  • Publisher Date: 03 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 156 mm


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