On Existentialism
by Mark Basil Tanzer, published by Wadsworth (2007)
On Existentialism introduces the fundamental tenets of existentialism, focusing on the existentialist denial of the claim that the world is rationally structured. With reference to the seminal thinking of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre, the book is divided into two main chapters, one focusing on existentialist ontology and the other on existentialist ethics. Unlike most books introducing existentialism, On Existentialism is less concerned with presenting the reader with a wealth of detail regarding what the philosophers examined have said, and more concerned with presenting arguments for their most fundamental claims.