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Rethinking existentialism / Jonathan Webber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Webber, Jonathan (Jonathan Mark), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Existentialism.
- Liberty.
- Ethics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xi, 229 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- Jonathan Webber articulates an interpretation of existentialism as the ethical theory that human freedom is the foundation of all other values. This view is developed in contrast with some central literary and philosophical works. Hot topics are discussed accessibly and the broad implications of this conception across disciplines are sketched out.
- Contents:
- What is existentialism?
- Why Meursault is an outsider
- Freedom and the origins of reasons
- Why Xavière is a threat to Françoise
- Psychoanalysis and the existentialist mind
- Why Inez is not in hell
- Sedimentation and the grounds of cultural values
- Black skin, white masks
- From absurdity to authenticity
- The imperative of authenticity
- The future of existentialism.
- Notes:
- This edition previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-105477-1
- 0-19-179985-8
- 0-19-105476-3
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