Continental philosophy : a contemporary introduction / Andrew Cutrofello.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [419]-432) and index.

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Abbreviations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: What Is Continental Philosophy?
I.1The Wars Of The Roses
I.2 Kant’s attempt to secure perpetual philosophical peace
I.3 Rorty’s attempt to restore the peace
I.4 Nietzsche’S Clue To The Persistence Of The Analytic/ Continental Division
I.5 Heidegger’s Confirmation Of Nietzsche’s Clue
I.6 Kant’s Questions As Taken Up In The House Of Continental
Notes
1: The Problem Of The Relationship Between Receptivity And Spontaneity: How Is Truth Disclosed Aesthetically?
1.1 Kant’s Vigilance Against Fanaticism
1.2 Nietzsche’s Commemoration Of Dionysian Intoxication
1.3 Bergson’s Intuition Of Duration
1.4 Husserl’s Intuition Of Ideal Essences
1.5 Heidegger’s Openness To Being
1.6 Bachelard’s Poetics Of Science
1.7 Sartre’s Nihilating Cogito
1.8 Merleau-Ponty’s Return To Primordial Perception
1.9 Foucault’s Archaeology Of Imagination
1.10 Derrida’s Deconstruction Of The Metaphysics Of Presence
1.11 Deleuze’s Transcendental Empiricism
Notes
2: The Problem Of The Relationship Between Heteronomy And Autonomy: To What Does The Feeling Of Respect Attest?
2.1 Kant’s Fact Of Reason
2.2 Nietzsche’s Genealogy Of The Ascetic Ideal
2.3 Freud’s Diagnosis Of Superegoic Cruelty And His Speculative Anthropology
2.4 Lévi-Strauss’s Structural Anthropology
2.5 Bataille’s Heterology And His Transvaluation Of Sovereignty
2.6 Blanchot’s Art Of Discretion
2.7 Levinas’s Ethics Of Alterity
2.8 Lacan’s Detection Of A Secret Alliance Between Kant And Sade
2.9 Althusser’s Attempt To Forge An Alliance Between Marx And Freud
2.10 Deleuze and Guattari’s Schizoanalysis
2.11 Kristeva’s Semanalysis
2.12 Derrida’s Hauntology
Notes
3: The Problem Of The Relationship Between Immanence And Transcendence: Must We Despair Or May We Still Hope?
3.1 Kant’s Prophetic Response To The French Revolution
3.2 Marx’s Prophecy Of A Proletarian Revolution
3.3 Lukács’s Conception Of Reification And His Development Of A Marxist Aesthetics
3.4 Heidegger’s Dialogue With Nietzsche About Great Art
3.5 Benjamin’s Angel Of History
3.6 Adorno’s Ambivalence About The Possibility Of Poetry After Auschwitz
3.7 Marcuse’s Great Refusal
3.8 Arendt’s Articulation Of The Democratic Principles Of The American Revolution
3.9 Gadamer’s Fusion Of Horizons
3.10 Ricoeur’s Dialectic Of Rival Hermeneutics
3.11 Habermas’s Defense Of The Project Of Modernity
3.12 Lyotard’s Assessment Of Postmodernity
3.13 Žižek’s Fidelity To The Messianic Promise Of The Russian Revolution
Notes
4: The Problem Of The Relationship Between The Empirical And The Transcendental: What Is The Meaning Of Philosophical Humanism?
4.1 Kant’s Pragmatic Anthropology
4.2 Nietzsche’s Overman
4.3 Sartre’s Resolve For Man’s Freedom
4.4 Heidegger’s Reproach Against Man’s Hubris
4.5 Beauvoir’s Project Of Solidarity And Her Analysis Of The Lived Experience Of Gender
4.6 Fanon’s Indictment Of Colonialism And His Analysis Of The Lived Experience Of Race
4.7 Lévi-Strauss’s Repudiation Of The Category Of Man
4.8 Foucault’s Genealogy Of Power
4.9 Irigaray’s Sensible Transcendental
4.10 Habermas’s Evasion Of The Dilemmas Concerning Man And His Doubles
Notes
5: Conclusion: What Is Philosophy?
5.1 Kant’s Questions As Taken Up In The House Of Analytic
5.2 The Conflict Of The Philosophy Faculty With Itself
Notes
References

Continental Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction is ideal for students coming to the topic for the first time. It introduces the origins and development of the tradition, tracing it from Kant to the present day. Taking a clear thematic approach, Andrew Cutrofello introduces and assesses continental philosophy’s relation to fundamental questions in philosophy, such as ethics, humanism, phenomenology, politics and metaphysics, centring the book around the following questions: What is knowledge? What is moral obligation? For what should we hope? What is ‘man’? What is critique? Andrew Cutrofello’s style is lively and engaging. He also introduces the major as well as the lesser-known thinkers of the continental tradition: from Kant, Mill and Nietzsche and Husserl to Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre Levinas, Bataille and Kristeva.