The Blackwell Guide to the Modern Philosophers
From Descartes to Nietzsche

Steven M. Emmanuel (Edited by)

9780631210177, Wiley

Paperback / softback, published 15 July 2000

448 pages
24.5 x 17.3 x 2.4 cm, 0.709 kg

"Steven Emmanuel has done an impressive job of assembling a distinguished group of authors who give us a very helpful guide to the modern philosophers. With an eye to bringing us 'up to speed' on the more recent scholarship, the contributors provide a timely, readable, and highly worthwhile collection." John Fischer, University of California, Riverside

"This is a wonderful resource! It provides a valuable service by drawing on experts for eminently clear and engaging narratives. I expect to refer to it often." M. Jamie Ferreira, University of Virginia

This guide brings together eighteen original interpretations of the modern philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche. The contributors succeed brilliantly in placing their figures within a rich historical, cultural, and philosophical context, noting some of the important ways in which their ideas and arguments were shaped by the intellectual currents of the time, and how they in turn shaped subsequent philosophical debate.

List of Contributors vii

Subject Areas: Sociology & anthropology [JH]