Beschreibung:
From Adorno to Zhang Binglin, this book provides a critical analysis of the lives, work and influences of the most significant figures in philosophy this century. Each entry contains biographical facts - birth, death, education, appointments; an appraisal of the philosopher's thoughts and achievements; a list of their major works; and the best sources of writing about them. Entrants are taken from both the analytical and continental traditions and have been chosen for their wide impact on twentieth-century thought, appealing to readers from other disciplines. A separate glossary covers the origins, development and main features of major philosophical schools and movements.
Includes entries on: Hannah Arendt, Henri-Louis Bergson, Noam Chomsky, Jacques Derrida, Feng Youlan, Michel Foucault, Antonio Gramsci, Jurgen Habermas, Martin Heidegger, Luce Irigaray, Julia Kristeva, Emmanuel Levinas, Mao Zedong, Herbert Marcuse, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Piaget, Karl Popper, John Rawls, Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein