Existentialism an introduction / Kevin Aho.

Author/creator Aho, Kevin, 1969- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, UK : Polity Press, 2014.
Description1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages)
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects

Contents Existentialism and Modernity -- The Insider's Perspective -- Being-in-the-World -- Self and Others -- Freedom -- Authenticity -- Ethics -- Contributions to Psychiatry and Psychotherapy -- Existentialism Today.
Abstract "Provides an accessible and scholarly introduction to the core ideas of the existentialist tradition. Kevin Aho draws on a wide range of existentialist thinkers in chapters centering on the key themes of freedom, being-in-the-world, alienation, nihilism, anxiety and authenticity. He also addresses important but often overlooked issues in the canon of existentialism, with discussions devoted to the role of embodiment, the movement's contribution to ethics, politics, and environmental and comparative philosophies, as well as its influence on contemporary psychiatry and psychotherapy. The enduring relevance of existentialism is shown by applying existentialist ideas to contemporary philosophical discussions of interest to a wide audience. The book covers secular thinkers such as Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, and Beauvoir as well as religious authors, such as Buber, Dostoevsky, Marcel, and Kierkegaard"--Back cover.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 165-188) and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Aho, Kevin, 1969- Existentialism 9780745651415
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9780745682853 (electronic bk.)
ISBN0745682855 (electronic bk.)
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