Contemporary French Philosophy (Routledge Revivals)
A Study in Norms and Values
Published on 18. October 2010
270 pages
978-1-136-83252-9 (ISBN)
Description
First published in 1964, this is not just a chronicle or encyclopaedia, but deals thoroughly in turn with meaning, view about reason, and views about values, particularly moral values. The author's knowledge of French literature is extensive and thorough, and a feature of the book is his analysis of the philosophical implications of literary works by Sartre, Paul Valery, Camus and others.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
File size
2,02 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-136-83252-9 (9781136832529)
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Content
Preface, Introduction, ONE: THE SEARCH FOR SIGNIFICANCE, 1. Absurdity. The gulf between man and his world. Camus, 2. Transcendence. The pursuit of meaning as a necessary but 'useless passion'. Sartre, 3. Participation. A vindication of being-in-itself as meaningful. Louis Lavelle, TWO: THE ROLE OF REASON AND THE CONCEPT, 4. As mediation between subject and object. Alquie, 5. As an assimilating force within the world. Andre Lalande, 6. As a dissimilating force for the production of new meanings. Gaston Bachelard and E.Morot-Sir, 7. The concept as expression. The extraction of provisional meanings from the permanently indeterminate. Merleau-Ponty, 8. The rejection of 'expressionism'. The 'logos' as the 'rule' of thought. Brice Parain, THREE: NORMS AND VALUES, 9. Closed and open evolutionary morality. Bergson's The Two Sources, 10. Involutionary morality. Andre Lalande, 11. The creation of values. Raymond Polin, 12. The contingency of value. Vladimir Jankelevitch, 13. Detail and atmosphere. Rene Le Senne, FOUR: NORMS AND VALUES, 14. The instant, 15. Choice, 16. The authentic and the everyday. Camus, 17. Universality and particularity, 18. Saint-Exupery, Conclusion, Bibliography, Index
