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The A to Z of Existentialism
Scarecrow Press 2010; US$ 33.99The A to Z of Existentialism explains the central claims of existentialist philosophy and the contexts in which it developed into one of the most influential intellectual trends of the 20th century. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and more than 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries offering clear, accessible... more...
Action and Existence
Palgrave Macmillan 2011; US$ 90.00Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers instead an agent causal view both to describe what an action is and to set a framework for how actions are explained. more...
Adieux
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 15.95Simone de Beauvoir?s account of the last ten years of Jean-Paul Sartre?s life provides a focus for understanding one of the greatest thinkers of the twentieth century. But the book, consisting of both a year-by-year account of Sartre?s last decade and a conversation between him and de Beauvoir about his life and work, is more than just a philosophical... more...
Albert Camus in the 21st Century
Editions Rodopi 2008; US$ 84.00In the first decade of a new century, this collection of bilingual essays examines Camuss continuing popularity for a new generation of readers. In crucial respects, the world Camus knew has changed beyond all recognition: decolonization, the fall of the Iron Curtain, a new era of globalization and the rise of new forms of terrorism have all... more...
Anxious Angels
Palgrave Macmillan 1999; US$ 39.00Existentialism was one of the most important influences on twentieth-century thought, especially in the period between the 1920s and early 1960s. Best known in its atheistic representatives such as Sartre, it also numbered many significant religious thinkers. Anxious Angels is a critical introduction to these religious existentialists, who are treated... more...
Ausgewählte Journale Band 1
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 420.00This textbook is a compilation of central and representative texts taken from the German Søren Kierkegaard Edition. This first volume contains texts from Kierkegaard's literary legacy drawn from the first three volumes of the German Søren Kierkegaard Edition. more...
Authenticity as an Ethical Ideal
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 130.00Authenticity has become a widespread ethical ideal that represents a way of dealing with normative gaps in contemporary life. This ideal suggests that one should be true to oneself and lead a life expressive of what one takes oneself to be. However, many contemporary thinkers have pointed out that the ideal of authenticity has increasingly turned... more...
Barnett Newman and Heideggerian Philosophy
Fairleigh Dickinson 2012; US$ 79.99As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Minimalist movement, for his significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century American art. But if his reputation and place in history have grown progressively more secure, the work he... more...
Basic Writings of Existentialism
Random House Publishing Group 2007; US$ 18.00Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together... more...
Basic Writings of Nietzsche
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 18.00Introduction by Peter Gay Translated and edited by Walter Kaufmann Commentary by Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, and Gilles Deleuze One hundred years after his death, Friedrich Nietzsche remains the most influential philosopher of the modern era. Basic Writings of Nietzsche gathers the complete texts of five of Nietzsche?s most important... more...









