Alienation and Freedom

ISBN-13: 9780367314453 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 156 str.

Richard Schmitt

Opis

Drawing from existentialism, feminism, the thought of Karl Marx and novelists like Dostoevsky, Richard Schmitt looks at modern capitalist societies to understand what it is that might be wrong for individuals. His concern focuses specifically on those who are alienated-- those persons who have difficulty finding meaning in their lives, who lack con

Spis treści

Preface -- Alienation and Freedom -- The History of the Concept of Alienation -- Alienation and the Human Condition -- The Social Roots of Alienation -- Alienation Limits Freedom

O autorze

Richard Schmitt is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Brown University. He now teaches at Assumption, Becker and Worcester State Colleges as an adjunct. Born in Germany, of Jewish parentage, he arrived in the United States in 1946. Best known for his introductory texts to Heidegger and to Marx and Engels, he has written widely about existentialism and political philosophy.