Existentialism
Subtitle: a reconstruction
By: David E. Cooper.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Introducing philosophy -- 8.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers; Wiley-Interscience; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Oxford, UK; Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Existentialism
Description: "First published in 1990, Existentialism: A Reconstruction is widely regarded as a classic introductory survey of the topic, and has helped to renew interest in existentialist philosophy."--BOOK JACKET. "Utilizing recently published primary sources, Cooper provides a sympathetic, original account of a mainstream movement of philosophical thought, reconstructed from the best writing of Heideger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty and others. Existentialism is viewed as the attempt to 'overcome' various forms of alienation: from the world, one another and oneself. Writers discussed include Husserl, Jaspers, Buber, Marcel and Ortega."--Jacket.

"The author places existentialism within the great traditions of philosophy, and argues that it deserves as much attention from analytic philosophers as it has always received on the continent."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.