The Idea of Continental Philosophy
ISBN: 9780748671885
Platform/Publisher: Oxford Academic / Edinburgh University Press
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Subjects: Social and Political Philosophy History of Western Philosophy; Continental Philosophy;

The idea of Continental Philosophy has never been properly explained in philosophical terms. In this short and engaging book Simon Glendinning attempts finally to succeed where others have failed--although not by giving an account of its internal unity but by showing instead why no such account can be given. Providing a clear picture of the current state of the contemporary philosophical culture Glendinning traces the origins and development of the idea of a distinctive Continental tradition, critiquing current attempts to survey the field of contemporary philosophy.


Simon Glendinning is Fellow in European Philosophy at the the European Institute at LSE

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