Description
Book SynopsisThis book investigates the concept of freedom as it has been defined by Søren Kierkegaard and some of existentialism’s major figures, including Jean-Paul Sartre. In an attempt to delineate an ontology of the human condition, special emphasis is placed on the ideas of choice, responsibility, and transcendence. The second part of the book focuses on existential freedom in what has been its most radical formulation by Sartre. A translation of
Il sentimento paralizzante del possibile. La vertigine della libertà in Kierkegaard e Sartre (2022), this book brings cutting-edge contemporary Italian philosophy to English readers.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Existence as PossibilityChapter 2: Desperation as the Ultimate Aesthetic Stage
Chapter 3: Choice of Oneself
Chapter 4: Existentialism Overview
Chapter 5: Existentialism and Human Existence
Chapter 6: Transcendence and Freedom
Chapter 7: Authenticity and Responsibility
Chapter 8: Freedom as Destiny
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