Binding: Paperback
Description: Since philosophy is intended to aspire to timeless universal truths what is so special about French twentieth - century philosophy? The focus of French philosophy upon the moral literary spiritual and political have made the subject a core - element in the secondary - school curriculum and an understanding of French philosophy allows for greater insight in to French literature drama cinema visual arts and politics. In this chronological survey Eric Matthews offers some explanations for the enduring popularity of the subject and traces the developments which French philosophy has taken in the twentieth century from it roots in the thoughts of Descartes to key figures such as Bergson Sartre Marcel Merleau - Ponty Foucault Derrida and the recent French Feminists.
Title: Twentieth - Century French Philosophy
Author(s): Matthews Eric (Head Of Philosophy Department Head Of Philosophy Department University Of Aberdeen)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192892485
Pages: 240 Pages
Publication Date: 3/14/1996
Series: OPUS
Category: History Of Western Philosophy