The Bloomsbury Handbook of Existentialism

Jack Reynolds is Chair of Philosophy at Deakin University, Australia. Ashley Woodward is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Dundee, UK. Felicity Joseph teaches philosophy at the University of New England, Australia.

Contributors

Introduction: Felicity Joseph (University of New England, Australia), Jack Reynolds (Deakin University, Australia), and Ashley Woodward (University of Dundee, UK)

Existentialism, Phenomenology and Philosophical Method, Felicity Joseph (University of New England, Australia) and Jack Reynolds (Deakin University, Australia)

Part I – Current Research and Issues

1. Existentialism, Metaphysics and Ontology, Christian Onof (Birkbeck University, UK)

2. Existentialism and Politics, David Sherman (University of Montana, USA)

3. Existentialism, Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Douglas Kirsner (Deakin University, Australia)

4. Existentialism and Ethics, Debra Bergoffen (George Mason University, USA)

5. Existentialism and Religion, George Pattison (University of Oxford, UK)

6. Existentialism and Literature, Colin Davis (Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK)

7. Existentialism, Feminism and Sexuality, Marguerite La Caze (University of Queensland, Australia)

8. Existentialism and the Emotions, Suzanne L. Cataldi (Southern Illinois University, USA)

9. Existentialism, Authenticity and the Self, Christopher Macann (Independent Scholar, France)

10. Existentialism and Latin America, Roberto Domingo Toledo (Stony Brook University, USA)

11. Existentialism and Gender, Marilyn Stendera (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Part II – New Directions

12. Existentialism and Cognitive Science, Michael Wheeler (University of Stirling, UK) and Ezequiel Di Paolo, (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

13. Existentialism and Poststructuralism: Some Unfashionable Observations, Jack Reynolds (Deakin University, Australia), and Ashley Woodward (University of Dundee, UK)

14. Existentialism and Technology, Dominic Smith (University of Dundee, UK)

15. Existentialism and (Dis)ability, Ada Jaarsma (Mount Royal University, Canada)

16. Mexistentialism, Carlos Sanchez (San José State University, USA)

17. Existentialism and Analytic Philosophy, Pierre-Jean Renaudie (University of Lyon, France)

18. Existentialism and Race, Helen Ngo (Deakin University, Australia)


III - Recent Developments in Scholarship on Key Existentialists

19. Kierkegaard, William McDonald (University of New England, USA)

20. Nietzsche, Keith Ansell-Pearson (University of Warwick, UK)

21. Heidegger, Andrew J. Mitchell (Emory University, USA)

22. Sartre, Peter Gratton (University of San Diego, USA)

23. De Beauvoir, Laura Hengehold (Case Western Reserve University, USA)

24. Fanon, Tom Meagher (University of Memphis, USA)

Part IV – Resources

I. A–Z Glossary

II. A Chronology of Key Events, Texts and Thinkers

III. Research Resources in Existentialism

IV. Annotated Guide to Further Reading

Index