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Existentialism A Reconstruction

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ISBN-10: 0631213236

ISBN-13: 9780631213239

Edition: 2nd 1999 (Revised)

Authors: David E. Cooper

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This study provides an account of one of the mainstream movements of philosophical thought. Existentialism is viewed as the attempt to overcome various forms of alienation. Under discussion are existential phenomenology, existential freedom, the self and others, and existential ethics.
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List price: $41.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/18/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.74" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English

#60;b#62;David E. Cooper#60;/b#62; is Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Durham University. His many books include #60;i#62;World Philosophies: An Historical Introduction#60;/i#62; (Blackwell, 1996, 2002); #60;i#62;Existentialism: A Reconstruction#60;/i#62; (Blackwell, 1990, 1999); #60;i#62;and The Measure of Things: Humanism, Humility and Mystery#60;/i#62; (2002).#60;br#62;#60;p#62;#60;b#62;Peter S. Fosl#60;/b#62; is Professor of Philosophy at Transylvania University. Recipient of the 2006 Acorn Award for Kentucky's outstanding university professor of the year, Fosl is co-author with Julian Baggini of #60;i#62;The Ethics Toolkit#60;/i#62; (Blackwell, 2007) #60;i#62;and The…    

Preface to Second Edition
Preliminaries
The Sources of a Name
Existentialists and 'The Existentialist'
Some Misconceptions
Philosophy and Alienation
Battling against Bewitchment
Hegel and Marx
Existentialist and Alienation
From Phenomenology to Existentialism
'Pure' Phenomenology
The Existentialist Critique
'Being-in-the-World'
World
Human Existence
Dualisms Dissolved
Subject versus Object
Mind versus Body
Reason versus Passion
Fact versus Value
Self and Others
Some False Starts
'Being-with' and 'Being-for'
Modes of Self-estrangement
Public, Herd and the 'They'
Bad Faith and 'the Predominance of the Other'
A Problem
Angst. Death and Absurdity
Angst
Death
Absurdity
Religious Intimations
Existential Freedom
Freedom and Constraint
Choice and Refusal
Individuals and Tribes
Existentialism and Ethics
Existentialism versus Ethics?
Commitment and Availability
Reciprocal Freedom
Appendix
Heidegger and Sartre: An 'Erroneous Conflation'?
Bibliography
Index