Existentialist Reader

<p><em>The Existentialist Reader</em> is a comprehensive anthology of classic philosophical writings from eight key existentialist thinkers: Sartre Camus Heidegger de Beauvoir Jaspers Marcel Merleau-Ponty and Ortega y Gasset. These substantial and carefully selected readings consider the distinctive concerns of existentialism: absurdity anxiety alienation death. A comprehensive introduction by Paul S. MacDonald illuminates the existentialist quest for individual freedom and authentic human experience with insight into the historical and intellectual background of these major figures. <em>The Existentialist Reader</em> is a valuable guide to the provocative theories that shook the philosophical world in the 1930s and continue to profoundly shape the way we think about ourselves.</p>