Mary Warnock Knihy

Základní dílo francouzského existencialismu, v němž se autor pokusil navázat na Heideggerův filosofický výklad lidské konečnosti, kterou chápe jako možnost být tím, čím nejsem, a nebýt tím, čím jsem. Jean-Paul Sartre v tomto rámci vykládá lidskou svobodu, situovanost všech „projektů“ a v rámci analýzy konkrétních vztahů k druhému člověku podává i svůj slavný výklad, v němž se lidská otevřenost pro možnosti neautenticky zvěcňuje. Přeložil O. Kuba.

This selection consists of extracts from writings of women concerned solely with the pursuit of abstract ideas, historically contextualized. The texts, for the most part, reflect issues widely debated in their contemporary societies. Extracts from lesser-known writers are also included, providing a diversity of arguments spanning four centuries and including some notable contemporary philosophers.

Existentialism enjoyed great popularity in the 1940s and 1950s, and has probably had a greater impact upon literature than any other kind of philosophy. The common interest which unites Existentialist philosophers is their interest in human freedom. Readers of Existentialist philosophy are being asked, not merely to contemplate the nature of freedom, but to experience freedom, and to practise it. In this survey, Mary Warnock begins by considering the ethical origins of Existentialism, with particular reference to Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, and outlines the importance of a systematic account of man's connection with the world as expounded by Husserl. She discusses at length the common interests and ancestry of Existentialism in the works of Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, and Sartre, and offers some conclusions about the current nature and future of this committed and practical philosophy. This revised edition includes a postscript reviewing the status of Existentialism in the 1990s, and has a thoroughly updated bibliography.