Book description
Early Twentieth-Century Continental Philosophy elaborates the basic
project of contemporary continental philosophy, which culminates in a
movement toward the outside. Leonard Lawlor interprets key texts by
major figures in the continental tradition, including Bergson,
Foucault, Freud, Heidegger, Husserl, and Merleau-Ponty, to develop the
broad sweep of the aims of continental philosophy. Lawlor discusses
major theoretical trends in the work of these philosophers-immanence,
difference, multiplicity, and the overcoming of metaphysics. His
conception of continental philosophy as a unified project enables
Lawlor to think beyond its European origins and envision a global
sphere of philosophical inquiry that will revitalize the field.
"Well researched and credible in its sweep through the
various philosophical projects it considers." -James Risser,
Seattle University
Leonard Lawlor is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Philosophy at
Pennsylvania State University. He is author of Derrida and Husserl
(IUP, 2002) and Thinking through French Philosophy (IUP, 2003).
