Existentialism Books

New and Published Books

1. The Phenomenology of Moral Normativity

   By William Smith

   Series: Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory

   Why should I be moral? Philosophers have long been concerned with the legitimacy of morality’s claim on us—especially its ostensible aim to motivate certain actions of all persons unconditionally. This problem of moral normativity has received extensive treatment in analytic moral theory, but...

   Published December 21st 2011 by Routledge
2. Reading Sartre

   On Phenomenology and Existentialism

   Edited by Jonathan Webber

   Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. The fourteen original essays in this volume focus on the phenomenological and existentialist writings of the first major phase of his published career, arguing with scholarly precision for their continuing...

   Published August 24th 2010 by Routledge
3. The Imaginary

   A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination

   By Jean-Paul Sartre

   Series: Routledge Classics

   A cornerstone of Sartre’s philosophy, The Imaginary was first published in 1940. Sartre had become acquainted with the philosophy of Edmund Husserl in Berlin and was fascinated by his idea of the 'intentionality of consciousness' as a key to the puzzle of existence. Against this background, The...

   Published March 11th 2010 by Routledge
4. Sartre and the Moral Limits of War and Terrorism

   By Jennifer Ang Mei Sze

   Series: Studies in Philosophy

   Reinterpreting Sartre’s main methodologies and removing Hegelian dialectics from his notion of violence, this book demolishes the supposed hostile intersubjective relations that characterizes all concrete relations. Furthering this stance, it reconstructs an interpretation of the "violent Sartre"...

   Published December 7th 2009 by Routledge
5. Jean-Paul Sartre

   By Christine Daigle

   Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers

   A critical figure in twentieth-century literature and philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre changed the course of critical thought, and claimed a new, important role for the intellectual. Christine Daigle sets Sartre’s thought in context, and considers a number of key ideas in detail, charting their impact...

   Published October 15th 2009 by Routledge
6. The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre

   By Jonathan Webber

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   Webber argues for a new interpretation of Sartrean existentialism. On this reading, Sartre is arguing that each person’s character consists in the projects they choose to pursue and that we are all already aware of this but prefer not to face it. Careful consideration of his existentialist writings...

   Published December 11th 2008 by Routledge
7. Merleau-Ponty

   By Taylor Carman

   Series: The Routledge Philosophers

   Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-1961) is one of the most important philosophers of the Twentieth century. His theories of perception and the role of the body have had an enormous impact on the humanities and social sciences, yet the full scope of his contribution not only to phenomenology but...

   Published July 24th 2008 by Routledge
8. Kierkegaard and Philosophy

   Selected Essays

   By Alastair Hannay

   Kierkegaard and Philosophy makes many of the most important papers on Kierkegaard available in one place for the first time. These seventeen essays, written over a period of over twenty years, have all been substantially revised or specially prepared for this collection, with a new introduction by...

   Published April 30th 2006 by Routledge
9. Karl Jaspers

   Politics and Metaphysics

   By Dr Chris Thornhill

   Series: Routledge Studies in Twentieth Century Philosophy

   This book sets out a new reading of the much-neglected philosophy of Karl Jaspers. By questioning the common perception of Jaspers either as a proponent of irrationalist cultural philosophy or as an early, peripheral disciple of Martin Heidegger, it re-establishes him as a central figure in modern...

   Published April 5th 2006 by Routledge
10. On the Public

    By Alastair Hannay

    Series: Thinking in Action

    The media often talk about public opinion, the 'American' or 'British' public, or the movie-going public. A public can hold an opinion and be divided. What is the public and where did it come from? Is there one public or many? Is the very idea of the public a myth?In this fascinating book, Alastair...

    Published March 22nd 2005 by Routledge