In search of authenticity : from Kierkegaard to Camus / Jacob Golomb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golomb, Jacob.

Series:

Problems of modern European thought.

Problems of modern European thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authenticity (Philosophy).

Existential ethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Great philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied by the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Jacob Golomb looks closely at the literature and writings of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics. Golomb's writings shows his passionate commitment to the quest for the authenticity - particularly in our climate of post-modern scepticism. He argues that existentialism is all the more pertinent and relevant today when set against the general disillusionment which characterises the late twentieth century. This book is invaluable re

Contents:

IN SEARCH OF AUTHENTICITY From Kierkegaard to Camus; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Authenticity, sincerity and honesty; 2 Authenticity, literature and irony; 3 Kierkegaard's ironic ladder to authentic faith; 4 Nietzsche's pathos of authenticity; 5 Heidegger's ontology of authenticity; 6 Sartre: from phenomenological ontology to psychoanalysis and politics; 7 Camus's return to authentic human morality; Conclusion: Authenticity and Ethics; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-211) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-81273-6

1-134-81274-4

1-280-33504-1

0-585-45698-4

0-203-00679-8

9780203006795

OCLC:

437077286