Kierkegaard and Philosophy

Selected Essays

By Alastair Hannay

Kierkegaard and Philosophy makes many of the most important papers on Kierkegaard available in one place for the first time. These seventeen essays, written over...

Published May 1st 2006 by Routledge.

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Karl Jaspers

Politics and Metaphysics

By Dr Chris Thornhill

This book sets out a new reading of the much-neglected philosophy of Karl Jaspers. By questioning the common perception of Jaspers either as a proponent...

Published April 6th 2006 by Routledge.

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On the Public

By Alastair Hannay

The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided....

Published March 23rd 2005 by Routledge.

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On Being Authentic

By Charles Guignon

'To thine own self be true.' From Polonius's words in Hamlet right up to Oprah, we are constantly urged to look within. Why is being...

Published June 16th 2004 by Routledge.

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Maurice Merleau-Ponty: Basic Writings

Edited by Thomas Baldwin

Merleau-Ponty was a pivotal figure in twentieth century French philosophy. He was responsible for bringing the phenomenological methods of the German philosophers - Husserl and...

Published December 4th 2003 by Routledge.

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I Am Dynamite

An Alternative Anthropology of Power

By Nigel Rapport

Power is conventionally regarded as being held by social institutions. We are taught to believe that it is these social structures that determine the environment...

Published May 15th 2003 by Routledge.

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Martin Buber

The Life of Dialogue

By Maurice S. Friedman

Martin Buber: The Life of Dialogue, the first study in any language to provide a complete overview of Buber's thought, remains the definitive guide to...

Published October 3rd 2002 by Routledge.

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Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions

By Jean-Paul Sartre

Although written fairly early in his career, in 1939, Sketch for a Theory of the Emotions is considered to be one of Jean-Paul Sartre's most...

Published October 12th 2001 by Routledge.

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Dictionary of Existentialism

Edited by Haim Gordon

Existentialism, as a philosophy, gained prominence after World War II. Instead of focusing upon a particular aspect of human existence, existentialists argued that our focus...

Published July 1st 1999 by Routledge.

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In Search of Authenticity

Existentialism from Kierkegaard to Camus

By Jacob Golomb

Great philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied by the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Jacob Golomb looks closely...

Published July 20th 1995 by Routledge.

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