The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy

Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy

by Rosen, Michael Rosen (Editor)

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences.

The Oxford Handbook of Continental Philosophy is the definitive guide to the major themes of the continental European tradition in philosophy in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Brian Leiter and Michael Rosen have assembled a stellar group of contributors who provide a thematic treatment of continental philosophy, treating its subject matter philosophically and not simply as a series of museum pieces from the history of ideas. The scope of the volume is broad, with discussions covering a wide range of philosophical movements including German Idealism, existentialism, phenomenology, Marxism, postmodernism, and critical theory, as well as thinkers like Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, and Foucault. This Handbook will be an essential reference point for graduate students and professional academics working on continental philosophy, as well as those with an interest in European literature, the history of ideas, and cultural studies.

Genres: Philosophy, Nonfiction

828 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Blair Hodges · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book will be more useful to people who already have a pretty good grounding in Continental philosophy broadly speaking. Several of the essays were too obscurely written--but in a more analytic vein, ironically enough--for my comprehension. Standouts include "The History of Philosophy as Philosophy" and "Morality Critics." As a whole, the collection helped me get a better understanding of why Continental philosophy is more than just a certain way of writing, but has more to do with the particular concerns of particular philosophers, the questions they address (or eschew, depending), and the variety of ways they go about addressing them.