A to Z of Existentialism

<I>The A to Z of Existentialism</I> explains the central claims of existentialist philosophy and the contexts in which it developed into one of the most influential intellectual trends of the 20th century. This is done through a chronology an introductory essay a bibliography and more than 300 cross-referenced dictionary entries offering clear accessible accounts of the life and thought of major existentialists like Jean-Paul Sartre Martin Heidegger Martin Buber Karl Jaspers Gabriel Marcel Simone de Beauvoir Albert Camus and Maurice Merleau-Ponty as well as thinkers influential to its development such as Wilhelm Dilthey Henri Bergson Edmund Husserl and Max Scheler.