Continental Philosophy: a Very Short Introduction
Author(s): Simon Critchley
Simon Critchley discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the continental tradition.
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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
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- : Oxford University Press
- : Oxford University Press
- : 0.153
- : 22 February 2001
- : 174mm X 111mm X 11mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Simon Critchley
- : Paperback
- : 190
- : 168
- : numerous halftones