Sartre's 'Being and Nothingness' : A Reader's Guide.
Title:
Sartre's 'Being and Nothingness' : A Reader's Guide.
Author:
Gardner, Sebastian.
ISBN:
9781441112439
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Series:
Reader's Guides
Contents:
Contents -- Preface -- 1. Context -- 2. Overview of Themes -- 3. Reading the Text -- (A) The basic ontology -- (B) Fundamental structures of the human subject -- (C) Relation to the other -- (D) Freedom, motivation and ethics -- (E) Being as a whole -- 4. Reception and Influence -- Notes -- Bibliography and suggestions for further reading -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness marked the beginning of the rise of French existentialism in the twentieth century. In this work Sartre offers a complex and profound defense of human freedom. The topics discussed by Sartre range from traditional problems of metaphysics and epistemology to the roots of human motivation and the nature of human relationships. It is a hugely important text in a long and distinguished tradition of philosophical reflection going back to Kant. Sartre's 'Being and Nothingness': A Reader's Guide is an invaluable companion to the study of this influential philosophical text.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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