Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy

<p><i>Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy</i> elaborates the basic project of contemporary continental philosophy which culminates in a movement toward the outside. Leonard Lawlor interprets key texts by major figures in the continental tradition including Bergson Foucault Freud Heidegger Husserl and Merleau-Ponty to develop the broad sweep of the aims of continental philosophy. Lawlor discusses major theoretical trends in the work of these philosophers--immanence difference multiplicity and the overcoming of metaphysics. His conception of continental philosophy as a unified project enables Lawlor to think beyond its European origins and envision a global sphere of philosophical inquiry that will revitalize the field.</p>