Continental philosophy. Introduction: David West

This book offers a brief and affordable introduction to the continental philosophical tradition. Particular attention is paid to such key figures in continental philosophy as Nietzsche, Khabermas, Heidegger, Rusdt, Sartre, Foucault and Derrida, which are placed in the general context of the development of this tradition from education. Some chapters are devoted to the consideration of the nature of modernity, enlightenment and its continental critics, the ideas of the Marxism, the Frankfurt School and Habermas, hermeneutics and phenomenology, existentialism, structuralism, post -structuralism and postmodernism. In addition to the already mentioned thinkers, the book contains an overview of the ideas of Kant, Hegel, Diltheus, Husserl, Gadamer, Kierkegaard, de Bovoir and Lyotar. In addition, it includes a chapter dedicated to the continental philosophy of the XXI century. The book is intended for students, graduate students and teachers of philosophy, as well as all those interested in the problems of modern European philosophy.

Author
West David
Editor
Popova E.V.
Translator
Kralechkin Dmitry
Publisher
Business, 2015