Mehr zum Titel: | Contributors Introduction: Felicity Joseph (University of New England, Australia), Jack Reynolds (Deakin University, Australia), and Ashley Woodward (University of Dundee, UK) Existentialism, Phenomenology and Philosophical Method, Felicity Joseph (University of New England, Australia) and Jack Reynolds (Deakin University, Australia) Part I - Current Research and Issues 1. Existentialism, Metaphysics and Ontology, Christian Onof (Birkbeck University, UK) 2. Existentialism and Politics, David Sherman (University of Montana, USA) 3. Existentialism, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Douglas Kirsner (Deakin University, Australia) 4. Existentialism and Ethics, Debra Bergoffen (George Mason University, USA) 5. Existentialism and Religion, George Pattison (University of Oxford, UK) 6. Existentialism and Literature, Colin Davis (Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK) 7. Existentialism, Feminism and Sexuality, Marguerite La Caze (University of Queensland, Australia) 8. Existentialism and the Emotions, Suzanne L. Cataldi (Southern Illinois University, USA) 9. Existentialism, Authenticity and the Self, Christopher Macann (Independent Scholar, France) 10. Existentialism and Latin America, Roberto Domingo Toledo (Stony Brook University, USA) 11. Existentialism and Gender, Marilyn Stendera (University of Wollongong, Australia) Part II - New Directions 12. Existentialism and Cognitive Science, Michael Wheeler (University of Stirling, UK) and Ezequiel Di Paolo, (University of the Basque Country, Spain) 13. Existentialism and Poststructuralism: Some Unfashionable Observations, Jack Reynolds (Deakin University, Australia), and Ashley Woodward (University of Dundee, UK) 14. Existentialism and Technology, Dominic Smith (University of Dundee, UK) 15. Existentialism and (Dis)ability, Ada Jaarsma (Mount Royal University, Canada) 16. Mexistentialism, Carlos Sanchez (San José State University, USA) 17. Existentialism and Analytic Philosophy, Pierre-Jean Renaudie (University of Lyon, France) 18. Existentialism and Race, Helen Ngo (Deakin University, Australia) III - Recent Developments in Scholarship on Key Existentialists 19. Kierkegaard, William McDonald (University of New England, USA) 20. Nietzsche, Keith Ansell-Pearson (University of Warwick, UK) 21. Heidegger, Andrew J. Mitchell (Emory University, USA) 22. Sartre, Peter Gratton (University of San Diego, USA) 23. De Beauvoir, Laura Hengehold (Case Western Reserve University, USA) 24. Fanon, Tom Meagher (University of Memphis, USA) Part IV - Resources I. A-Z Glossary II. A Chronology of Key Events, Texts and Thinkers III. Research Resources in Existentialism IV. Annotated Guide to Further Reading Index |
Inhalt: | This fully revised and updated 2nd edition provides a comprehensive reference guide to existentialism, featuring key chapters on key existentialist thinkers, as well as chapters applying existentialism to subject areas ranging across politics, literature, feminism, religion, the emotions, cognitive science, and poststructuralism. Contemporary developments in the field of existentialism that speak to issues of identity and exclusion are explored in 4 new chapters on race, gender, disability, and technology, whilst the 5th new chapter new chapter outlines analytic philosophy's complicated relationship to existentialism. Presenting the field of existentialism beyond the European tradition, this edition also includes a new key thinker chapter on Frantz Fanon, alongside Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and de Beauvoir, as well as new engagement with the work of scholars on race and existentialism, including Lewis R. Gordon, George Yancy, and Richard Wright. The resources section at the end of the book includes an updated A to Z glossary, and timeline of key events, texts and thinkers in existentialism, as well as a list of relevant organisations, and an annotated guide to further reading, making this 2nd edition an invaluable text for scholars and students alike |
