The perfect choice for those who wonder what existentialism is all about.
Contents
INTRODUCTION by Gordon Marino ix
BASIC WRITINGS OF
EXISTENTIALISM
SØREN KIERKEGAARD
FEAR AND TREMBLING
Problema I 7
Problema II 24
THE SICKNESS UNTO DEATH
A. Despair Is the Sickness unto Death 41
B. The Universality of This Sickness (Despair) 51
C. The Forms of This Sickness (Despair) 58
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE
ON THE GENEALOGY OF MORALS
First Essay: “Good and Evil,” “Good and Bad” 111
Second Essay: “Guilt,” “Bad Conscience,” and the Like 145
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY
NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND
Part I: Underground 193
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
The Grand Inquisitor 231
MIGUEL DE UNAMUNO Y JUGO
SAINT MANUEL BUENO, MARTYR 257
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MARTIN HEIDEGGER
BEING AND TIME
The Possible Being-a-Whole of Da-sein and
Being-Toward-Death 299
JEAN-PAUL SARTRE
EXISTENTIALISM 341
BEING AND NOTHINGNESS
Self-Negation 369
The Encounter with the Other 391
SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR
THE ETHICS OF AMBIGUITY
Ambiguity 413
ALBERT CAMUS
THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS
An Absurd Reasoning 441
The Myth of Sisyphus 489
RALPH ELLISON
INVISIBLE MAN
Prologue 495
Gordon Marino is professor of philosophy, Boldt Distinguished Chair in the Humanities, and director of the Hong Kierkegaard Library at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He was research fellow at the Kierkegaard Biblioteket in Copenhagen for three years. He is also co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard and author of Kierkegaard in the Present Age.
“Basic Writings of Existentialism will be, for many, a reminder of
what first drew them to existentialism and, simply, to philosophy.
Marino's introductory essays, taut, instructive, well-tuned to the
drumbeat of each thinker's passions and concerns, and the
substantial selections from the foremost representatives of the
movement, are a benediction. In defiance of Hegel's pronouncements,
the thinkers included here introduce us to a philosophy in present
tense, and preferably in the active voice. Readers new to
existentialism have as reliable a guide as the subject matter
permits. Those familiar with movement have an occasion for
recollection and more."
—Vanessa Rumble, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Boston
College
”This book is a perfect choice for all who wonder what
existentialism is all about. The key writers are included --
Kierkegaard, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky from the19th Century, and
Heudegger, Sartre, and Camus, from the 20th Century. It's good to
see selections from Simone de Beauvoir and Ralph Ellison, as well.
Marino has a sharp eye for picking telling passages from often long
and complex works. It's now clear that existentialism is one of the
enduring traditions in Western Philosophy, Art, and Religion, a
perspective that articulates and responds to the deepest human
needs. These fresh selections lay out the issues, from alienation
to reconciliation, from despair to joyful wisdom, that make this
world-perspective so compelling. Marino's introductions to each
writer, and his introductory overview, are lively and capture the
spirit of the chosen texts. A profound adventure awaits those
readers ready to immerse themselves in this jewel of a book.”
—Edward F. Mooney, Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Syracuse
University
"With superb selections and strongly supportive introductory
biographies, this is in my judgment the best existentialism
anthology out there."
—Merold Westphal, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy Fordham
University
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