The Dizziness of Freedom in Kierkegaard and Sartre

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-3-031-38137-9
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 88 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

This book investigates the concept of freedom as it has been defined by Søren Kierkegaard and some of existentialism’s major figures, including Jean-Paul Sartre. In an attempt to delineate an ontology of the human condition, special emphasis is placed on the ideas of choice, responsibility, and transcendence. The second part of the book focuses on existential freedom in what has been its most radical formulation by Sartre. A translation of Il sentimento paralizzante del possibile. La vertigine della libertà in Kierkegaard e Sartre (2022), this book brings cutting-edge contemporary Italian philosophy to English readers.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pugliese, Riccardo

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Existence as Possibility.- Chapter 2: Desperation as the Ultimate Aesthetic Stage.- Chapter 3: Choice of Oneself.- Chapter 4: Existentialism Overview.- Chapter 5: Existentialism and Human Existence.- Chapter 6: Transcendence and Freedom.- Chapter 7: Authenticity and Responsibility.- Chapter 8: Freedom as Destiny.

Über Autor(innen)

Riccardo Pugliese is an independent scholar with degrees from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy, and the University of Maryland, USA. He has published several works on existentialism in Italian.