New
Publication
The
Remarkable Existentialists
by
Michael Allen Fox (Queen's University and University of New
England), Prometheus, 2008
"Existentialism
asserts that the fact of human existence must always be counted
as more important than any philosophical theory. Central to
existentialist philosophy is human freedom and the responsibility
that individuals have for creating their own destinies through
an authentic engagement with the reality of their individual
selves and the environment that surrounds them.
In
this clear, concise guide to existentialism, philosopher Michael
Allen Fox carefully defi nes existentialism, explains how
it has evolved, and illuminates its relevance for today. In
five major chapters, Fox then summarises the full range of
ideas of the major existentialists: Søren Kierkegaard,
Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and
Simone de Beauvoir. He pays special attention to the method
and argumentative strategy of these philosophers, how they
relate to one another, and how they advance our understanding
of core issues in philosophy and in everyday living. Substantial
representative passages from each philosopher are reproduced
and analysed. A fi nal chapter critically evaluates existentialism
and considers its infl uence on subsequent movements of thought."
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Kierkegaard
Stream at the AAP Conference, 2007
A
Kierkegaard stream was held at the 2007
Australasian Association of Philosophy (AAP) Conference,
hosted by the Discipline of Philosophy, University of New England,
from Sunday 1 July to Friday 6 July in Armidale, NSW, Australia.
The following papers were presented:
- John
Lippitt (University of Hertfordshire):
Kierkegaardian
Love, Friendship and Contemporary Virtue Ethics
- William
McDonald (University of New England):
Demonic
Boredom
- Annette
Larrea (University of Sydney):
Introducing
Ethics to Anxiety
- Kinya
Masugata (Mukogawa Fort Wright Institute, Mukogawa Women's
University)
Kierkegaard
and Kanzo Uchimura
- Patrick
Stokes (University of Melbourne):
See
For Your Self: Contemporaneity and Co-Presence
Abstracts
of papers can be found here.
Please
send details of any Kierkegaard-related news, publications,
presentations or conferences to Patrick
Stokes. |
