Situation and Human Existence

Freedom, Subjectivity and Society

Sonia Kruks

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Routledge
15 November 2020

Phenomenology & Existentialism

Series: Routledge Library Editions: Existentialism

Social philosophy oscillates between two opposing ideas: that individuals fashion society, and that society fashions individuals. The concept of ‘situation’ was elaborated by the French existentialist thinkers to avoid this dilemma. Individuals are seen as actively situating themselves in society at the same time as being situated by it. This book, first published in 1990, traces the development of the concept of situation through the work of Gabriel Marcel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and Maurice Merleau-Ponty. It shows how it illuminates questions of self or subjectivity, embodiment and gender, society and history, and argues that it goes far beyond the currently fashionable notions of the ‘death of the subject’.

By: Sonia Kruks
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 344g
ISBN: 9780367110987
ISBN 10: 0367110989
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Existentialism
Pages: 236
Publication Date: 15 November 2020
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Marcel: Embodiment and Situation 2. Sartre: Individual Constitution of Situation 3. Beauvoir: the Weight of Situation 4. Merleau-Ponty: Situation and Social World 5. Sartre: Praxis in Situation

Sonia Kruks