Twentieth-Century French Philosophy

ISBN-13: 9780192892485 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 240 str.

Eric Matthews

Opis

Philosophy plays an integral role in French society, affecting its art, drama, politics, and culture. In this accessible, chronological survey, Matthews offers some explanations for the enduring popularity of the subject and traces the developments that French philosophy has taken in the twentieth century, from its roots in the thoughts of Descartes to key figures such as Bergson, Sartre, Marcel, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, and the recent French Feminists.

Recenzje

the reader who comes to this area for the first time will gain a definite sense of an intellectual movement with its own rigour...

O autorze

Eric Matthews is Head of the Philosophy Department at the University of Aberdeen.