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Continental philosophy : a very short introduction / Simon Critchley.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 43.Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.Description: 1 online resource (149 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780191540202
  • 019154020X
  • 9780191578328
  • 0191578320
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Continental philosophy.DDC classification:
  • 190 22
LOC classification:
  • B791 .C74 2001eb
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Contents:
Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Gap between Knowledge and Wisdom; 2 Origins of Continental Philosophy; 3 Spectacles and Eyes to See With; 4 Can Philosophy Change the World?; 5 What is to be Done? How to respond to nihilism; 6 A Case Study in Misunderstanding; 7 Scientism versus Obscurantism; 8 Sapere aude; Appendix: System-Programme; References; Further Reading; Index.
Summary: Simon Critchley discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the continental tradition.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136) and index.

Simon Critchley discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Habermas, Foucault, and Derrida, and introduces key concepts such as existentialism, nihilism, and phenomenology by explaining their place in the continental tradition.

Preliminaries; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; 1 The Gap between Knowledge and Wisdom; 2 Origins of Continental Philosophy; 3 Spectacles and Eyes to See With; 4 Can Philosophy Change the World?; 5 What is to be Done? How to respond to nihilism; 6 A Case Study in Misunderstanding; 7 Scientism versus Obscurantism; 8 Sapere aude; Appendix: System-Programme; References; Further Reading; Index.

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