No Excuses : Existentialism and the Meaning of Life /
Existentialism and the meaning of life
Robert Solomon and James Blandford ; The Teaching Company.
- 1st ed.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2000.
- 4 DVDs (720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 Course Guidebook (100 p. : ill. ; 19 cm)
- The Great Courses Philosophy and Intellectual History Modern Philosophy .
Includes 24 x 30 min. lectures. Also Includes a Course Guidebook.
The Course Guidebook includes a glossary, biographical notes and bibliographical references.
"The message of Existentialism, unlike that of many more obscure and academic philosophical movements, is about as simple as can be. It is that every one of us, as an individual, is responsible - responsible for what we do, responsible for who we are, responsible for the way we face and deal with the world, responsible, ultimately, for the way the world is. If you believe that life should be a quest for values, reasons, and purpose - filled with passion and governed by individual responsibility - then yours is the sort of mind to which the Existentialist philosophers were speaking. If you want to enrich your own understanding of this unique philosophical movement, the visionary thinkers it brought together to ponder these questions, and the prominent role it still plays in contemporary thought, you now have an opportunity to do so with this 24-lecture course." (Publisher's Website) DVD CONTENTS: DISC 1 Lecture 1. What is Existentialism? Lecture 2. Albert Camus - The Stranger, Part I Lecture 3. Camus - The Stranger, Part II Lecture 4. Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus Lecture 5. Camus - The Plague and The Fall Lecture 6. Camus - The Fall, Part II DISC 2 Lecture 7. Søren Kierkegaard, "On Becoming a Christian" Lecture 8. Kierkegaard on Subjective Truth Lecture 9. Kierkegaard's Existential Dialectic Lecture 10. Friedrich Nietzsche on Nihilism and the Death of God Lecture 11. Nietzsche, the "Immoralist" Lecture 12. Nietzsche on Freedom, Fate, and Responsibility DISC 3 Lecture 13. Nietzsche, The Übermensch and The Will to Power Lecture 14. Three Grand Inquisitors, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Hesse Lecture 15. Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology Lecture 16. Heidegger on the World and the Self Lecture 17. Heidegger on "Authenticity" Lecture 18. Jean-Paul Sartre at War DISC 4 Lecture 19. Sartre on Emotions and Responsibility Lecture 20. Sartre's Phenomenology Lecture 21. Sartre on "Bad Faith" Lecture 22. Sartre's Being-for-Others and No Exit Lecture 23. Sartre on Sex and Love Lecture 24. From Existentialism to Postmodernism GUIDEBOOK CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION Professor Biography Course Scope LECTURE GUIDES Lecture 1: What is Existentialism? Lecture 2: Albert Camus - The Stranger, Part I Lecture 3: Camus - The Stranger, Part II Lecture 4: Camus - The Myth of Sisyphus Lecture 5: Camus - The Plague and The Fall Lecture 6: Camus - The Fall, Part II Lecture 7: Søren Kierkegaard, "On Becoming a Christian" Lecture 8: Kierkegaard on Subjective Truth Lecture 9: Kierkegaard's Existential Dialectic Lecture 10: Friedrich Nietzsche on Nihilism and the Death of God Lecture 11: Nietzsche, the "Immoralist" Lecture 12: Nietzsche on Freedom, Fate, and Responsibility Lecture 13: Nietzsche, The Übermensch and The Will to Power Lecture 14: Three Grand Inquisitors, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Hesse Lecture 15: Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology Lecture 16: Heidegger on the World and the Self Lecture 17: Heidegger on "Authenticity" Lecture 18: Jean-Paul Sartre at War Lecture 19: Sartre on Emotions and Responsibility Lecture 20: Sartre's Phenomenology Lecture 21: Sartre on "Bad Faith" Lecture 22: Sartre's Being-for-Others and No Exit Lecture 23: Sartre on Sex and Love Lecture 24: From Existentialism to Postmodernism SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography
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Existentialism.--Non-Fiction Philosophy. Religion. Ontology. Phenomenology. Modern Philosophy. Postmodernism. Intellectual History.