The New Century: Bergsonism, Phenomenology and Responses to Modern Science (The History of Continental Philosophy)

This volume covers the period between the 1890s and 1930s, a period that witnessed revolutions in the arts and society which set the agenda for the rest of the century. In philosophy, the period saw the birth of analytic philosophy, the development of new programmes and new modes of inquiry, the emergence of phenomenology as a new rigorous science, the birth of Freudian psychoanalysis, and the maturing of the discipline of sociology. This period saw the most influential work of a remarkable series of thinkers who reviewed, evaluated and transformed 19th-century thought. A generation of thinkers - among them, Henri Bergson, Emile Durkheim, Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, Edmund Husserl, Karl Jaspers, Max Scheler, and Ludwig Wittgenstein - completed the disenchantment of the world and sought a new re-enchantment. Beginning with Kant and the earliest responses to his critical philosophy and ending with the latest developments in continental thinking across a range of disciplines, these volumes present the first coherent and comprehensive history of the continental tradition of philosophy. Divided, chronologically and thematically, into eight volumes, the "History of Continental Philosophy" is an indispensable resource for anyone conducting research or teaching in philosophy and related fields inthe humanities and social sciences where the influence of continental theory has been widespread. Alan Schrift has brought together an internationally renowned team of volume editors and contributors to provide an unrivalled analysis of the complex and interconnected history of continental philosophy that will become a reference point for all future work in the field. Vol. 1 Kant, Kantianism, and idealism: the origins of continental philosophy -- ed. by Thomas Nenon. Vol. 2 Nineteenth-century philosophy: revolutionary responses to the existing order -- ed. by Alan D. Schrift ... [et al.] Vol. 3 The new century: Bergsonism, phenomenology, and responses to modern science -- ed. by Keith Ansell-Pearson ... [et al.] Vol. 4 Phenomenology: responses and developments -- ed. by Leonard Lawlor. Vol. 5 Critical theory to structuralism: philosophy, politics, and the human sciences -- ed. by David Ingram. Vol. 6 Poststructuralism and critical theory's second generation -- ed. by Alan D. Schrift. Vol. 7 After poststructuralism: transitions and transformations -- ed. by Rosi Braidotti. Vol. 8 Emerging trends in continental philosophy -- ed. by Todd May.