Basic Writings of Existentialism
Random House Publishing Group · Print & ebook · April 13, 2004
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- Who it’s for
- These influential existentialist writings ask what it means to make meaning for yourself.
- Themes
- Self-determined meaning, Existentialist thought
- Genres
- Existentialism, Philosophy Writing, Modern Philosophy
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Edited and with an Introduction by Gordon Marino Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning humans can discover, we must determine meaning for ourselves. This anthology brings together into one volume the most influential and commonly taught works of existentialism.
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Contributors include Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ralph Ellison, Martin Heidegger, Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo.
Meaning, Unsettled
These influential existentialist writings ask what it means to make meaning for yourself.
Come here for
- Questions of meaning without easy answers
- A gathering of major existentialist thinkers, from Kierkegaard to de Beauvoir
Expect
- Nineteenth- and twentieth-century writings in one volume
- Philosophical ideas alongside literary voices
Where it sits
| Existentialism | 100% |
|---|---|
| Modern Philosophy | 40% |
| Philosophy Writing | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- 19th-Century History
- Existentialism
- Philosophy Resources
- Authors
- Gordon Marino
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- April 13, 2004
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Self-determined meaning · Existentialist thought
- Reading lane
- 19th-Century History