Prescott Library: The Age of Anxiety (Clark, Lytle, Thomas): Existentialism (Philosophy)

Selected resources

Contemporary Thought by Joan A. Price
Call Number: 190 Pri
Publication Date: 2008
Discusses the ideas and major figures of post-Enlightenment schools of philosophical thought including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sarte, De Beauvoir, and Camus.
Existentialism : a very short introduction by Thomas Flynn
Call Number: 142.78 Fly
Publication Date: 2006
A brief introduction to existentialism that discusses the philosophy of the movement, key themes, and the leading thinkers.
Existentialism and Human Emotions by Jean-Paul Sartre
Call Number: 194 Sar
Publication Date: 1957
This book tries to explain what Existentialism is and what it tries to do.
The Philosophy Book by Dorling Kindersley
Call Number: 100 Phi
Publication Date: 2011
Examines more than one hundred ideas that have had a significant impact on the history and development of philosophy.

Here's a listing of some online resources that will help define the existential movement as well as other philosophy ideas of the time.

Academic Search Elite
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EBSCO database.
Britannica School
Encyclopedia for all levels.

This online encyclopædia has portals for elementary, middle, and upper school students. Choose the one that is right for you.

Existentialism
From Britannica School, this is a great introduction to the thinkers and issues surrounding existential philosophy.
Existentialism: a definition
From the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy this link gives the definition to Existentialism and allows you to search the site for other philosophical ideas.
The Existential Lexicon
This page gives definitions for various terms and ideas common to this area of philosophy. There's lots here to help "understand the vague."
The Existential Primer
By definition, this is only a survey of the topics and individuals important to existentialism, but the links and resources provide lots of great information.

World History: The Modern Era
World History in Context
Off campus password is maryc

World History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in World History. The new solution merges Gale's authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.