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Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach
Contributor(s): Schroeder, William R. (Author)
ISBN: 1557868816     ISBN-13: 9781557868817
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $46.50  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2004
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Annotation: Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach is a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Chronologically organized, the book includes chapters on Hegel; Marx and Western Marxism; Schopenhauer, Freud, and Bergson; Nietzsche; hermeneutics; phenomenology; existentialism; structuralism; philosophies of dispersion; French feminist philosophy; and postmodernism.

Each chapter includes an assessment of the thinkers it covers and highlights their main contributions. The book also provides a discussion of the value, present situation, and future prospects of Continental philosophy.

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BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Movements - General
Dewey: 190
LCCN: 2004011693
Lexile Measure: 1450
Physical Information: 1.02" H x 6.7" W x 9.72" (1.66 lbs) 456 pages
 
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Continental Philosophy: A Critical Approach is a lucid and wide-ranging introduction to the key figures and philosophical movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
  • Includes chapters on Hegel; Marx and Western Marxism; Schopenhauer, Freud, and Bergson; Nietzsche; hermeneutics; phenomenology; existentialism; structuralism; poststructuralism; French feminism; and postmodernism.
  • Provides an ideal text or background resource for many different introductory and advanced courses on modern European philosophy.