This book is a critical appraisal of the distinctive modern school of thought known as French existentialism. It philosophically engages the ideas of the major French existentialists, namely, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Marcel, Camus, and, because of his central role in the movement, especially Sartre, in a fresh attempt to elucidate their contributions to contemporary philosophy.
Contents: Editorial Foreword. Acknowledgements. James GILES: Introduction
ONE Elizabeth MURRAY MORELLI: The Duality in Sartre's Account of Reflective Consciousness
TWO Edmond WRIGHT: Merleau-Ponty and the Sensory
THREE Matthew KIERAN: French Existential Ethics and the Creation of Value
FOUR Terry KEEFE: The Ethical Concept of "Assuming" in the Existential Philosophy of Sartre and Beauvoir
FIVE Margaret A. SIMONS: The Origins of Beauvoir's Existential Philosophy
SIX Juliette SIMONT: Sartre's Critique of Humanism
SEVEN Philip STRATTON-LAKE: Marcel, Hope, and Virtue
EIGHT James GILES: Sartre, Sexual Desire, and Relations with Others
NINE Thomas JONES: Useless Passions?
TEN Christine MARGERRISON: Struggling with the Other: Gender and Race in the Youthful Writings of Camus
About the Contributors
Index
Contents: Editorial Foreword. Acknowledgements. James GILES: Introduction
ONE Elizabeth MURRAY MORELLI: The Duality in Sartre's Account of Reflective Consciousness
TWO Edmond WRIGHT: Merleau-Ponty and the Sensory
THREE Matthew KIERAN: French Existential Ethics and the Creation of Value
FOUR Terry KEEFE: The Ethical Concept of "Assuming" in the Existential Philosophy of Sartre and Beauvoir
FIVE Margaret A. SIMONS: The Origins of Beauvoir's Existential Philosophy
SIX Juliette SIMONT: Sartre's Critique of Humanism
SEVEN Philip STRATTON-LAKE: Marcel, Hope, and Virtue
EIGHT James GILES: Sartre, Sexual Desire, and Relations with Others
NINE Thomas JONES: Useless Passions?
TEN Christine MARGERRISON: Struggling with the Other: Gender and Race in the Youthful Writings of Camus
About the Contributors
Index