Continental Philosophy

A Very Short Introduction
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-19-285359-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 112 mm x 178 mm, Gewicht: 145 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the Continental tradition.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Critchley, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Phänomenologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- List of Illustrations

- Introduction

- 1: The gap between knowledge and wisdom

- 2: Origins of Continental Philosophy - How to get from Kant to German Idealism

- 3: Two Cultures in Philosophy - the need for both spectacles and eyes to see with

- 4: Can philosophy change the world? Critique, praxis, emancipation

- 5: What is to be done? How to respond to nihilism

- 6: A case study in misunderstanding: Heidegger and Carnap

- 7: Scientism versus obscurantism: avoiding the traditional predicament in philosophy

- 8: Sapere aude - the exhaustion of theory and the promise of philosophy

- Further Reading

- References

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Critchley is Reader in Philosophy at Essex and Directeur de Programme at the Collège International de Philosophie, Paris. He is author of The Ethics of Deconstruction (Blackwell, 1992), Very Little Almost Nothing (Routledge, 1997), and Ethics, Politics, Subjectivity (Verso, 1998), and has also edited a number of collections, including the Blackwell Companion to Continental Philosophy.