Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy

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A powerful new anthology that redefines our understanding of existentialism and argues for its contemporary relevance

'Superb ... I can't imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety' - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe

'We are thrown into the world at every moment, and committed within it'

In the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of intellectuals gathered to discuss urgent questions of existence, commitment, racism, colonialism and feminism. Their ideas would continue to shape debates throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This major new anthology gathers the key texts of existentialism, and their major intellectual influences, along with other works previously neglected in overviews and anthologies of the movement. Incorporating the writings of Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre and Frantz Fanon, alongside selections from S ren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud and Martin Heidegger, it significantly expands and redefines our understanding of what existentialism means, and why it matters.

Edited with an Introduction by Jonathan Webber

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780241645413
Published: November 2025

Number of pages: 400
Width: 128 mm
Height: 197 mm
Depth: 24 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd