On Being and Becoming: An Existentialist Approach to Life by Jennifer Anna Goset

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On Being and Becoming offers a new approach to existentialist thinking as a vital source of philosophical direction for living meaningfully. Overcoming reductive accounts of existentialist thought, this book critically assesses existentialism's varied and diverse origins, its contemporary relevance, and the ways it encourages creative responses to the question of life's meaning.

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While existentialism has long been associated with Parisian Left Bank philosophers sipping cocktails in smoke-filled cafés, or with a brooding, angst-filled outlook on life, Gosetti-Ferencei shows how vital and heterogeneous the movement really was.In this concise, accessible book, Gosetti-Ferencei offers a new vision of existentialism. As she lucidly demonstrates, existentialism is a rich and diverse philosophy that encouragesmeaningful engagement with the world around us, offering a host of fascinating concepts that pertain to life as we experience it. The movement was as heterogeneous as it is now misunderstood, influenced by jazz music,involving diverse thinkers from around the world, challenging received ideas about the meaning of human existence. Part of the difficulty in defining existentialism is that it was never a unified philosophy, but came to identify a set of shared concerns about the meaning and possibility of human freedom, as it may be expressed in authentic choices, actions, and projects. Existentialists all explored how, in the absence of traditional reassurances about the meaning of life, we may transcend ourpresent circumstances, and give our situation new meaning. With existentialism, concrete, lived experience of the single individual emerged from the shadow of abstract systems and long-defendedtraditions, and became subject-matter in its own right for philosophical inquiry. Far from solipsistic, Gosetti-Ferencei shows that existentialist attention to the human self can be intertwined with ways of conceiving the world, our being with others, the earth, and the encompassing concept of being. Fully appreciating what existentialism has to offer requires recognizing the rich diversity of its prospects, which involve not only anxiety, absurdity, awareness of deathand the loss of religious meaning, but also hope, the striving for happiness, and a sense of the transcendent. On Being and Becoming unpacks this philosophical movement's insights, and reveals how itscore ideas promote creative responses to the question of life's meaning.

Author Biography

Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei is Professor and Kurrelmeyer Chair in German and Professor in Philosophy at the Johns Hopkins University. She is author of The Life of Imagination (Columbia University Press, 2018); Exotic Spaces in German Modernism (Oxford University Press, 2011); The Ecstatic Quotidian (Penn State University Press, 2007); Heidegger, Hölderlin, and the Subject of Poetic Language (FordhamUniversity Press, 2004); and a book of poetry, After the Palace Burns (Zoo Press, 2003) which won The Paris Review Prize. She is the author of Imagination: A Very Short Introduction, forthcoming from Oxford University Press.

Table of Contents

Part I: Encountering ExistentialismPrologueChapter 1:Existentialism in Style and SubstancePart II: Existentialism: from Antiquity to Modern EuropeChapter 2. The Rise of Existentialism: A Philosophy for Human ExistenceChapter 3. Historical Roots of ExistentialismChapter 4. Romantic Upheavals, Modern MovementsChapter 5. Literature and Art of Existentialism: the 20th CenturyPart III. Existentialism in Living DimensionsChapter 6. SelfChapter 7. OthersChapter 8. WorldChapter 9. EarthChapter 10. BeingPart IV. Living Existentialism11. Existentialist Lives: Imitation, Inspiration, and Authenticity12. Seeking and Taking (and Giving) Advice13. Being in the Crowd: Anonymity and Individuality in Modern Life14. Into One's Own, or on 'Finding' Oneself15. I Selfie, Therefore I Am: On Self-Imaging Culture16. Being and Waiting (Tables), or The Roles We Play17. Seizing the Day: On the Present and Presence18. Love in the Time of Existentialism19. Existential Suffering, Happiness and Hope20. Life as a Work of Art: an Existential Need for CreativityBibliography

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"In this deceptively easy to read book, Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei packs three treatises in one: a smart introduction to continental philosophy, a brisk guide for living well and not dying stupid in an age of selfie-narcissism, and a new bridge between European and American culture linking Sartre with Kerouac, Rilke with Frost, de Beauvoir with Wright, Camus with Ellison, Heidegger with Du Bois, all asking the key question 'Why am I here?' The answer? You'llfind it yourself in these pages." -- Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania, American Academy of Arts and Sciences"On Being and Becoming is a timely book, as existentialism is an evocative response to the deep crises challenging our mortal and vulnerable existence. This book explores the existentialist answer to create our own meaning through our individual choices, not just in solitude but in engaged action seeking to transform the social world. The broad existential movement is sympathetically and accurately portrayed by Gosetti-Ferencei. This book is richlypacked with insights and fluidly written for a general audience. It is not just a work of academic philosophy--discussing, among others, Martin Heidegger, Gabriel Marcel, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone Beauvoir, AlbertCamus, and Frantz Fanon--but it also documents the influence of existentialism on African-American thinkers, such as W.E.B. DuBois, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright." -- Dermot Moran, Boston College"Digestible summaries and ideas for practical application make this guide accessible to any philosophically minded reader. Even those well versed in existentialist thought will walk away from this with a new appreciation for the philosophy." --Publishers Weekly

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Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei offers a new approach to existentialist thinking as a vital source of philosophical direction for living a meaningful life.

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While existentialism has long been associated with Parisian Left Bank philosophers sipping cocktails in smoke-filled caf

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"In this deceptively easy to read book, Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei packs three treatises in one: a smart introduction to continental philosophy, a brisk guide for living well and not dying stupid in an age of selfie-narcissism, and a new bridge between European and American culture linking Sartre with Kerouac, Rilke with Frost, de Beauvoir with Wright, Camus with Ellison, Heidegger with Du Bois, all asking the key question 'Why am I here?' The answer? You'llfind it yourself in these pages." -- Jean-Michel Rabat

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"In this deceptively easy to read book, Jennifer Gosetti-Ferencei packs three treatises in one: a smart introduction to continental philosophy, a brisk guide for living well and not dying stupid in an age of selfie-narcissism, and a new bridge between European and American culture linking Sartre with Kerouac, Rilke with Frost, de Beauvoir with Wright, Camus with Ellison, Heidegger with Du Bois, all asking the key question 'Why am I here?' The answer? You'll find it yourself in these pages." -- Jean-Michel Rabat

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Selling point: Demonstrates the exquisite breadth of existentialism's possibilities for an authentic life, including its prospects for hope, happiness, and communitySelling point: Offers a new theory of existentialism as a heterogeneous movement, one not just anchored in the Parisian Left Bank of the interwar period, but drawing from within and beyond EuropeSelling point: Breaks through clich

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Part I: Encountering Existentialism Prologue Chapter 1:Existentialism in Style and Substance Part II: Existentialism: from Antiquity to Modern Europe Chapter 2. The Rise of Existentialism: A Philosophy for Human Existence Chapter 3. Historical Roots of Existentialism Chapter 4. Romantic Upheavals, Modern Movements Chapter 5. Literature and Art of Existentialism: the 20th Century Part III. Existentialism in Living Dimensions Chapter 6. Self Chapter 7. Others Chapter 8. World Chapter 9. Earth Chapter 10. Being Part IV. Living Existentialism 11. Existentialist Lives: Imitation, Inspiration, and Authenticity 12. Seeking and Taking (and Giving) Advice 13. Being in the Crowd: Anonymity and Individuality in Modern Life 14. Into One's Own, or on 'Finding' Oneself 15. I Selfie, Therefore I Am: On Self-Imaging Culture 16. Being and Waiting (Tables), or The Roles We Play 17. Seizing the Day: On the Present and Presence 18. Love in the Time of Existentialism 19. Existential Suffering, Happiness and Hope 20. Life as a Work of Art: an Existential Need for Creativity Bibliography

Details ISBN0190913657 Author Jennifer Anna Gosetti-Ferencei Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Year 2020 ISBN-10 0190913657 ISBN-13 9780190913656 Format Hardcover Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Subtitle An Existentialist Approach to Life Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States DEWEY 142.78 Affiliation Johns Hopkins University Short Title On Being and Becoming Language English Series Guides to the Good Life UK Release Date 2020-03-25 Publication Date 2020-03-25 NZ Release Date 2020-03-25 US Release Date 2020-03-25 Audience General AU Release Date 2020-11-14 Pages 336 We've got this

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