The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness

ISBN-13: 9781350029729 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 192 str.

Gary Cox

Opis

The Existentialist's Guide to Death, the Universe and Nothingness is an entertaining philosophical guide to life, love, hate, freedom, sex, anxiety, God and death; a guide to everything and nothing. Gary Cox, bestselling author of How to Be an Existentialist and How to Be a Philosopher, takes us on an exciting journey through the central themes of existentialism, a philosophy of the human condition. The Existentialist's Guide fascinates, informs, provokes and inspires as it explores existentialism's uncompromising view of human reality. It leaves the reader with no illusions about how hard it is to live honestly and achieve authenticity. It has, however, a redeeming humour that sets the wisdom of the great existentialist philosophers alongside the wit of great musicians and comedians. A realistic self-help book for anyone interested in personal empowerment, The Existentialist's Guide offers a wealth of profound philosophical insight into life, the universe and everything.

Recenzje

Here the author of How to Be an Existentialist delivers a crunchier, more technical reading of the views of Sartre, De Beauvoir, Heidegger and others on freedom, contingency, embarrassment, death and sex. Cox leads the reader well through vivid examples... The Guardian

Spis treści

Introduction 1. Existentialists and Existentialism 2. The Universe 3. Nothingness 4. Consciousness and Lack 5. Time 6. Freedom and Choice 7. Anxiety and Vertigo 8. Bad Faith 9. Responsibility 10. Authenticity 11. Children and Childhood 12. Other People 13. The Body 14. Love and Hate 15. Sexual Desire 16. Marriage 17. Emotions 18. Contingency and Absurdity 19. God 20. Death Bibliography Other Media References Further Reading Index

O autorze

Gary Cox has a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Birmingham, UK, where he is also an Honorary Research Fellow.