Existentialism

One of the great truths of the philosophy of existence is that "human nature" cannot be defined apart from being lived. In that respect, it is somewhat paradoxical to offer a collection of books on this topic. Nevertheless, they offer something of a lyrical alternative to academic psychology, so they may be relevant to one or two individuals.

Sartre, J-P. (1955). No exit and three other plays (S. Gilbert, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1947) (Paperback: $9.00)

Sartre, J-P. (1956). Being and nothingness (H. E. Barnes, Trans.). New York: Simon & Schuster. (Original work published 1943) (Paperback: $11.56)

Sartre, J-P. (1959). Nausea (L. Alexander, Trans.). New York: New Directions. (Original work published 1938) (Paperback: $9.56)

Sartre, J-P. (1960). The transcendence of the ego (F. Williams & R. Kirkpatrick, Trans.). New York: Hill and Wang. (Original work published 1936-1937) (Paperback: $11.00)

Sartre, J-P. (1964). The words (B. Frechtman, Trans.). New York: Braziller. (Paperback: $8.80)

Sartre, J-P. (1948). Anti-semite and Jew (G. J. Becker, Trans.). New York: Schocken. (Original work published 1946) (Paperback: $9.60)

de Beauvoir, S. (1948). The ethics of ambiguity (B. Frechtman, Trans.). New York: Citadel Press. (Original work published 1947) (Paperback: $8.76)

de Beauvoir, S. (1958). Memoirs of a dutiful daughter (J. Kirkup, Trans.). New York: Harper & Row. (Paperback: $10.17)

Camus, A. (1946). The stranger (S. Gilbert, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1942) (Paperback: $9.95)

Camus, A. (1948). The plague (S. Gilbert, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1947) (Paperback: $10.36)

Camus, A. (1956). The fall (J. O'Brien, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1956) (Paperback: $8.76)

Camus, A. (1955). The myth of Sisyphus and other essays (J. O'Brien, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1942) (Paperback: $10.36)

Merleau-Ponty, M. (1963). In praise of philosophy and other essays (J. Wild & J. E. O'Neill, Trans.). Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press. (Original work published 1953) (Paperback: $23.00)

Merleau-Ponty, M. (1973). The prose of the world (J. O'Neill, Trans.). Evanston, IL: Northwestern Univesity Press. (Original work published 1969) (Paperback: $24.00)

Tolstoy, L. (1968). War and peace (A. Dunnigan, Trans.). New York: New American Library. (Original work published 1866-1869) (Paperback: $8.95)

Dostoevsky, F. (1990). The brothers Karamazov (R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1879-1880) (Paperback: $11.90)

Dostoevsky, F. (1993). Notes from underground (R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky, Trans.). New York: Random House. (Original work published 1864) (Paperback: $8.76)

Dostoevsky, F. (1992). Crime and punishment (R. Pevear & L. Volokhonsky, Trans.) New York: Random House. (Original work published 1866) (Paperback: $10.20)

Berdyaev, N. (1957). Dostoevsky (D. Attwater, Trans.). New York: Meridian. (Original work published 1923) (not currently available)

Berdyaev, N. (1944). Slavery and freedom (R. M. French, Trans.). New York: Scribner. (Original work published 1939) (Paperback: ~$2.45)

MacLeish, A. (1956). J.B. New York: Houghton Mifflin. (Paperback: $10.20)

Kafka, F. (1998). The castle (M. Harman, Trans.). New York: Schocken. (Original work published 1926) (Paperback: $11.20)

de Unamuno, M. (1972). The tragic sense of life in men and nations (A. Kerrigan, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1912) (Paperback: $31.50)

Pascal, B. (1966). Pensées (A. J. Krailsheimer, Trans.). New York: Penguin. (Original work published 1670) (Paperback: $9.60)

Buber, M. (1971). I and thou. New York: Free Press. (Original work published 1923) (Paperback: $8.80)

Buber, M. (1947). Tales of the Hasidim. New York: Schocken. (Original work published 1927) (Paperback: $13.60)

Buber, M. (1968). On the Bible: Eighteen studies (N. N. Glatzer, Ed.). New York: Schocken. (Paperback: $15.61)

Buber, M. (1979). Eclipse of God. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press. (Original work published 1952) (Paperback: $14.96)

Kierkegaard, S. (1989). The concept of irony, with continual reference to Socrates (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1841) (Paperback: $31.46)

Kierkegaard, S. (1990). Eighteen upbuilding discourses (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1841) (Paperback: $24.35)

Kierkegaard, S. (1991). Practice in Christianity (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1850) (Paperback: $16.47)

Kierkegaard, S. (1955). On authority and revelation: The book on Adler, or a cycle of ethico-religious essays (W. Lowrie, Trans.). New York: Harper & Row. (Original work published 1849) (Paperback: ~$23.75)

Kierkegaard, S. (1980). The concept of anxiety (R. Thomte & A. B. Anderson, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1844) (Paperback: $15.61)

Kierkegaard, S. (1980). The sickness unto death (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1849) (Paperback: $13.57)

Kierkegaard, S. (1983). Fear and trembling / Repetition (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1843) (Paperback: $15.72)

Kierkegaard, S. (1985). Philosophical fragments (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1844) (Paperback: $16.97)

Kierkegaard, S. (1992). Concluding unscientific postscript to Philosophical fragments (H. V. Hong & E. H. Hong, Trans.). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Original work published 1846) (Paperback: $19.77)

 

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