The Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy

The Blackwell Guide to Continental Philosophy is an accessible but sophisticated introduction to the most important figures in Continental philosophy in the last 200 years.

• Presents a definitive introduction to the core figures and topics of continental philosophy.
• Contains newly commissioned essays, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars.
• Provides a solid foundation for further study.
• Subjects include Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx and Marxism, Nietzsche, Husserl and Phenomenology, Heidegger, Sartre, critical theory, Habermas, Gadamer, Foucault, Derrida, postmodernism, and French feminism.

Introduction: Robert C. Solomon (University of Texas at Austin).
1. G. W. F. Hegel: The Phenomenology of Spirit: Stephen Houlgate (University of Warwick).
2. Arthur Schopenhauer: Noël Carroll (University of Wisconsin-Madison).
3. Soren Kierkegaard: David E. Cooper (University of Durham).
4. Karl Marx: Douglas Kellner (University of Califonia, Los Angeles).
5. Friedrich Nietzsche: Robert C. Solomon (University of Texas at Austin).
6. Edmund Husserl and Phenomenology: Sean Kelly (Princeton University).
7. Martin Heidegger: J. E. Malpas (University of Tasmania).
8. Jean-Paul Sartre: David Sherman (University of Montana, Missoula).
9. Critical Theory: David Sherman (University of Montana, Missoula).
10. Jurgen Habermas and Hans-Georg Gadamer: David Ingram (Loyola University of Chicago).
11. Michel Foucault: Robert Wicks (University of Auckland).
12. Jacques Derrida: John Coker (University of Southern Alabama).
13. Postmodernism: Steven Best (University of Texas at El Paso) and Douglas Kellner (University of Califonia, Los Angeles).
14. French Feminism: Mary Beth Mader (University of Memphis) and Kelly Oliver (State University of New York at Stony Brook).
Conclusion: What Now for Continental Philosophy?: Robert C. Solomon (University of Texas at Austin).
Index.