French existentialism : : consciousness, ethics, and relations with others / / edited by James Giles.

• Superior document: Value inquiry book series ; Volume 87
• TeilnehmendeR: Giles, James, 1958-
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam, Netherlands ;, Atlanta, Georgia : : Rodopi,, [1999]; ©1999
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: English
• Series: Value inquiry book series ; Volume 87.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (233 pages)

This book is a critical appraisal of the distinctive modern school of thought known as French existentialism. It philosophically engages the ideas of the major French existentialists, namely, Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Marcel, Camus, and, because of his central role in the movement, especially Sartre, in a fresh attempt to elucidate their contributions to contemporary philosophy.

Table of Contents

Editorial Foreword. Acknowledgements. James GILES: Introduction -- ONE Elizabeth MURRAY MORELLI: The Duality in Sartre's Account of Reflective Consciousness -- TWO Edmond WRIGHT: Merleau-Ponty and the Sensory -- THREE Matthew KIERAN: French Existential Ethics and the Creation of Value -- FOUR Terry KEEFE: The Ethical Concept of Assuming in the Existential Philosophy of Sartre and Beauvoir -- FIVE Margaret A. SIMONS: The Origins of Beauvoir's Existential Philosophy -- SIX Juliette SIMONT: Sartre's Critique of Humanism -- SEVEN Philip STRATTON-LAKE: Marcel, Hope, and Virtue -- EIGHT James GILES: Sartre, Sexual Desire, and Relations with Others -- NINE Thomas JONES: Useless Passions? -- TEN Christine MARGERRISON: Struggling with the Other: Gender and Race in the Youthful Writings of Camus -- About the Contributors -- Index.