Continuum Companion to Existentialism

<div><em>The Continuum Companion to Existentialism </em>offers the<br/>definitive guide to a key area of modern European philosophy. The book covers<br/>the fundamental questions asked by existentialism, providing valuable guidance<br/>for students and researchers to some of the many important and enduring<br/>contributions of existentialist thinkers. Specially commissioned essays from an<br/>international team of experts explore existentialism's relationship to<br/>philosophical method; ontology; politics; psychoanalysis; ethics; religion;<br/>literature; emotion; feminism and sexuality; cognitive science; authenticity<br/>and the self; its significance in Latin American culture; and its contribution<br/>to the development of Poststructuralism. In addition, five short chapters<br/>summarise the status of canonical figures Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger,<br/>Sartre and de Beauvoir, delineating the historical approach to their work,<br/>while pointing to new directions such research is now taking. </div><div><em>Companion </em>is an essential tool to help the new reader navigate<br/>through the heart of Existentialism and modern European philosophy.<br/></div><div> </div><div>Featuring a<br/>series of indispensable research tools (A to Z of terms, concepts and thinkers;<br/>timeline of existentialism; list of resources and an annotated guide to further<br/>reading), this </div>>

Felicity Joseph teaches philosophy at the University of Melbourne, Australia.