In search of authenticity : from Kierkegaard to Camus / Jacob Golomb.

Author
Golomb, Jacob [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London ; New York : Routledge, 1995.
Description
219 pages ; 22 cm.

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    Problems of modern European thought [More in this series]
    Summary note
    Personal authenticity is out of fashion amongst analytic philosophers. Yet, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre and Camus were clearly preoccupied by its theoretical and practical viability. In this study, Jacob Golomb illuminates the writings of these philosophers in an attempt to explain their particular ethical stance on the subject. This book will prove invaluable reading for students and teachers of philosophy, literature and education and indeed for anyone who has ever empathized with Camus's Meursault, Sartre's Matthieu or Nietzsche's Zarathustra.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • 1. Authenticity, sincerity and honesty
    • 2. Authenticity, literature and irony
    • 3. Kierkegaard's ironic ladder to authentic faith
    • 4. Nietzsche's pathos of authenticity
    • 5. Heidegger's ontology of authenticity
    • 6. Sartre: from phenomenological ontology to psychoanalysis and politics
    • 7. Camus's return to authentic human morality
    • Conclusion: Authenticity and ethics.
    ISBN
    • 0415119464
    • 9780415119467
    • 0415119472 ((pbk.))
    • 9780415119474 ((pbk.))
    LCCN
    94043130
    OCLC
    31515097
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