An Introduction to Modern European Philosophy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Instead of an Introduction

   • Graham White

   Pages 1-3

3. Reflections on the Present Conflict

   • Graham White

   Pages 4-17

4. G.W.F. Hegel

   • Robert Stern

   Pages 18-37

5. Arthur Schopenhauer

   • Jenny Teichman

   Pages 38-48

6. Søren Kierkegaard

   • Robert Stern

   Pages 49-61

7. Karl Marx

   • Gill Howie

   Pages 62-75

8. Friedrich Nietzsche

   • Jenny Teichman

   Pages 76-90

9. Edmund Husserl

   • Graham White

   Pages 91-104

10. Martin Heidegger

    • Graham White

    Pages 105-119

11. Jacques Maritain

    • Caroline Farey

    Pages 120-132

12. Jean-Paul Sartre

    • Jenny Teichman

    Pages 133-144

13. Simone de Beauvoir

    • Gill Howie

    Pages 145-157

14. Hannah Arendt

    • John Francis Burke

    Pages 158-168

15. Jürgen Habermas

    • Nicholas Davey

    Pages 169-185

16. Michel Foucault

    • Simon Christmas

    Pages 186-198

17. 1968 and After

    • Sadie Plant

    Pages 199-215

18. Back Matter

    Pages 216-223

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An Introduction to Modern European Philosophy, contains scholarly but accessible essays by nine British academics on Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maritain, Hannah Arendt, Habermas, Foucault, and the 'Events' of 1968. Written for English-speaking readers, it describes the varied traditions within 19th- and 20th-century European philosophy, reflecting the dynamism and plurality within the European tradition and presenting opposing points of view. It deals with both French and German philosophers, plus Kierkegaard, and is not confined to any one school of thought. It has been purged of jargon but contains a glossary of important technical terms. There is a bibliography of further reading and website information at the end of each chapter.

• Friedrich Nietzsche
• Hegel
• Kierkegaard
• Marx
• philosophy
• Schopenhauer

'a helpful and illuminating introduction.' - Claudia Lally, Bulletin of the Hegel Society of Great Britain

• University of Cambridge, UK

  Jenny Teichman

• Department of Computer Science Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London, UK

  Graham White

JENNY TEICHMAN has been a Fellow of New Hall, the University of Cambridge, since 1968 and has also taught in North America and Australia. She is the author of The Mind and the Soul; Illegitimacy; Philosophy and the Mind; Pacifism and the Just War; Philosophy: a Beginner's Guide (with Katherine Evans); and Intention and Intentionality (with Core Diamond and others).

GRAHAM WHITE is a Research Scholar who has held appointments in Germany (Marburg), England (Cambridge), Egypt (Cairo) and Liechtenstein. He has published papers on logic and on the history of philosophy, and is the author of Luther's Nominalism.

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