Philosophic Classics, Volume V: Twentieth Century Philosophy (2nd Edition)

Designed to be accessible to today's readers, this anthology of readings in twentieth-century philosophical classics includes recent European and American philosophers and texts that are presently seen as classics or as emerging classics. It features the best available translations of texts--complete works or complete selections of works--which are both central to each philosopher's thought and are widely accepted as part of the “canon.”  The selections are readable and accessible, while still being faithful to the original. Includes Introductions to each philosopher, and an abundance of drawings, diagrams, photographs, and a timeline. KEY TOPICS: Husserl, Gadamer, Adorno, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Merleau-Ponty, Foucault, Derrida, Irigaray, Habermas, Whitehead, Du Bois, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Ayer, Quine, Austin, Davidson, Rorty, Putnam, Taylor. MARKET:For anyone interested in 20th-century European and American philosophy.