Routledge History of Philosophy Volume VIII: Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy

by Richard Kearney

Book Overview

Continental philosophy, as it has emerged in the twentieth century, is less a seamless fabric than a patchquilt of diverse strands. Phenomenology, hermeneutics, existentialism, structuralism, critical theory, deconstruction - these are some of the salient movements which have developed in continental Europe between 1900 and the 1990's, though their influence is by no means confined to geographic location. Continental thought has proved highly exportable,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415056292
• ISBN13: 9780415056298
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 572 Pages
• Weight: 2.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary