Tag: phenomenology

What to Read Before Being and Nothingness

Before Freedom Becomes a Burden: Reading Your Way into Sartre’s Being and Nothingness

Deciding what to read before Being and Nothingness is mainly an exercise in restraint. Sartre assumes some phenomenology and repeatedly…

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What to Read Before Being and Time

What Should You Read Before Heidegger’s “Being and Time”?

What to Read Before Being and Time is a smaller problem than Heidegger’s reputation suggests. The real preparation is not…

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best books on phenomenology

Five Best Books on Phenomenology

Illustration by Bookinlight Art Desk The best books on phenomenology do more than explain a philosophical school. They train the…

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best books on Merleau-Ponty and perception

Seven Essential Books on Merleau-Ponty and Perception

Illustration by Bookinlight Art Desk Contemporary Philosophy Seven Books on Merleau-Ponty and Perception A serious reading path through the body,…

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