A Companion to Continental Philosophy Hardcover - 1998 - 1st Edition
by Simon Critchley (Editor); William R. Schroeder (Editor)
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With 50 original essays by major experts, this COMPANION volume provides the first survey of the major figures of 19th- and 20th-century continental philosophy. Each essay explains and develops the key ideas of a central figure relating to such areas as art theory, cultural studies, social and political theory, psychology, and the sciences.
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Details
- Title A Companion to Continental Philosophy
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 704
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John, Oxford
- Date 1998-06
- Features Bibliography, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 40820890-6
- ISBN 9780631190134 / 0631190139
- Weight 3.37 lbs (1.53 kg)
- Dimensions 10.04 x 7.1 x 2.12 in (25.50 x 18.03 x 5.38 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Library of Congress subjects Continental philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 97010146
- Dewey Decimal Code 190
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From the rear cover
With 58 original essays by major experts, this Companion volume provides the first survey of all the major figures of 19th- and 20th-century Continental philosophy. Each essay explains and develops the key ideas of a central figure or movement as they relate to such areas as art theory, cultural studies, social and political theory, psychology, and the sciences.
Core topic section headings include:
- "The Kantian Legacy" (Kant to Hegel).
- "Overturning the Tradition" (Marx to Bergson).
- "The Phenomenological Breakthrough" (neo-Kantianism to Heidegger).
- "Phenomenology, Hegelianism and anti-Hegelianism in France" (Kojeve to Blanchot).
- "Religion without Limits of Reason" (Rosenzweig to Marcel).
- "Three Generations of Critical Theory"(Benjamin onwards).
- "Hermeneutics" (Schleiermacher to Ricoeur).
- "Continental Political Philosophy" (Lukas to Castoriadis).
- "Structuralism and After" (Levi-Strauss to Le Doeuff).
Key contributors include Beiser, Pippin, Caputo, Flynn, McCarthy, Laclau, Patton, and Bennington, among others.
Covering the complete development of post-Kantian Continental philosophy, this volume serves as an essential reference work for philosophers and those engaged in the many disciplines that are integrally related to Continental and European Philosophy.
