The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
$26.99
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2026
Summary
A powerful new anthology that redefines our understanding of existentialism and argues for its contemporary relevance.
“Superb … I can’t imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety” - Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Cafe
“We are thrown into the world at every moment, and committed within it.”
In the aftermath of the Second World War, a group of intellectuals gathered to discuss urgent questions of existence, commitm…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241645413 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241645417 |
| Author: | Jonathan Webber |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 312g |
| Dimensions: | 24mm x 131mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
A superb selection of texts, both thorough and adventurous. I can’t imagine a better way of meeting the existentialists in all their variety – Sarah Bakewell, author of At the Existentialist Café
Webber is an expert on French Existentialism… it’s wonderful to have this range of existentialist writings in a single affordable volume – Nigel Warburton * The Best Philosophy Books of 2025, Five Books *
Jonathan Webber
Jonathan Webber
Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University.
Books:
- Rethinking Existentialism (Oxford University Press, 2018)
- The Existentialism of Jean-Paul Sartre (Routledge, 2009)
Editor:
- Reading Sartre: on Phenomenology and Existentialism (Routledge, 2011)
Translator:
- Sartre’s The Imaginary (Routledge, 2004)
Webber has written on existentialism for public audiences in publications including Aeon, New Statesman, and Times Literary Supplement. He is a trustee of the Mind Association and President of the UK Sartre Society.
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