Gary Cox

Sartre: A Guide for the Perplexed (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Jean-Paul Sartre in one of the most widely read and important of twentieth-century philosophers, an iconic figure, whose ideas and writings continue to resonate. A confident understanding of Sartre is essential for students of Continental philosophy. Sartre: A Guide for the Perplexed is an illuminating and comprehensive introduction to the work of this major twentieth-century thinker. It identifies the four key themes that run through Sartre's writings - consciousness, freedom, bad faith and authenticity. It explores each theme in detail, building up a clear and thorough overview of Sartre's philosophy in its entirety. Anyone required to read Sartre will find this thematic account of his work an invaluable companion to study.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781441169884
• Artikelnr.: 40775577

Autorenporträt

Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
PART ONE: CONSCIOUSNESS
1.  Being-for-Itself
     a. Being and Non-Being
     b. Subjectivity and Objectivity
     c. Consciousness and Temporality
     d. Self-Consciousness
2.  Being for Others
3.  The Body
PART TWO: FREEDOM
4.  Existential Freedom
     a.  The Necessity of Freedom
     b.  Action, Choice and the Indeterminacy of the Self
     c.  The Limits of Freedom: Criticisms of Sartre's Theory of Freedom
PART THREE: BAD FAITH
5.  The Phenomenon of Bad Faith
     a.  Bad Faith and Self-deception
     b.  Relinquishing Responsibility: The Flirt
     c.  Automaton or Actor?: The Waiter
     d.  Objectifying Emotions: Sadness
     e.  Insincerity and Sincerity: The Homosexual and The Champion of
Sincerity
     f.  Being and Not Being What We Are: The Coward
6.  The Faith of Bad Faith: The Primitive Project
PART FOUR: AUTHENTICITY
7.  Sartre on Authenticity
8.  Sartre and Nietzsche
9.  Sartre and Heidegger
Bibliography
Further Reading