Dictionary of Existentialism PDF Download

Are you looking for read ebook online? Search for your book and save it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Download Dictionary of Existentialism PDF full book. Access full book title Dictionary of Existentialism by Haim Gordon. Download full books in PDF and EPUB format.

Dictionary of Existentialism

Dictionary of Existentialism PDF Author: Haim Gordon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135948011
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 672

Get Book Here

Book Description
Existentialism, as a philosophy, gained prominence after World War II. Instead of focusing upon a particular aspect of human existence, existentialists argued that our focus must be upon the whole being as he/she exists in the world. Rebelling against the rationalism of such philosophers as Descartes and Hegel, existentialists reject the emphasis placed on man as primarily a thinking being. Freedom is central to human existence, and human relations and encounters cannot be reduced simply to "thinking." This Dictionary provides--through alphabetically arranged entries--overviews of the various tenets, philosophers, and writers of existentialism, and of those writers/philosophers who, in retrospect, seem to existentialists to espouse their philosophy: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Dostoyevski, et al.