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How to be an existentialist, or, How to get real, get a grip and stop making excuses /

How to Be an Existentialist is a concise, witty and entertaining book about the philosophy of existentialism. It is also a genuine self-help book offering clear advice on how to live according to the principles of existentialism formulated by Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus and the other great existentiali...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cox, Gary, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2009]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction; 1 What is an Existentialist?; 2 What is Existentialism?; Brief overview and quick history lesson; Existentialism and consciousness; Temporality; Being-for-others; Freedom and responsibility; Freedom and disability; Possible limits to freedom; Freedom and anxiety; 3 How Not to Be an Existentialist; Bad faith is not self-deception; Flirting and teasing; Waiters, actors and attitudes; Homosexuality, sincerity and transcendence; Wilful ignorance; Contingency, nausea and the Existential Alka-Seltzer of bad faith; Moustaches and salauds; 4 How to Be Authentic.
  • Authenticity and getting realBeing-in-situation; Freedom as a value; The problem of being authentic; Authenticity and intelligence; Authenticity and other people; Nietzsche on authenticity
  • regret nothing; Heidegger on authenticity
  • authentic being-towards-death; 5 Existential Counselling; Bibliography; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.