Table of Contents

Preface to the New Edition
Preface
Introduction
Part I.. Praxis: Marx and the Hegelian Background
Part II.. Consciousness, Existence, and Action: Kierkegaard and Sartre
Part III.. Action, Conduct, and Inquiry: Peirce and Dewey
Part IV.. The Concept of Action: Analytic Philosophy
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects

Promotional Information

"The ancient and modern question of what is the nature of man and his activity and what ought to be the directions pursued in this activity is once again being reaffirmed as a primary issue for reflective men."—from Praxis and Action

About the Author

Richard J. Bernstein is Vera List Professor, Graduate Faculty, at the New School for Social Research and Chair of the Department of Philosophy. He is the author of numerous books, including these also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press: The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory and Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Science, Hermeneutics, and Praxis.

Reviews

"An extraordinarily ambitious and surprisingly successful attempt to bridge the gap between analytical philosophy and modern developments in Marxism, existentialism, and pragmatism... An important step towards the restructuring of contemporary philosophy."--Charles Kahn "Richard Bernstein has succeeded in bringing together the major streams of recent and contemporary thought in their common and central concern with praxis and action His accounts of Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Peirce, Dewey, and recent analytic philosophers from Carnap and Wittgenstein on, are outstanding for their insightfulness, justice, and clarity of presentation. This book will be of signal use to those who wish to understand the thrust of contemporary schools of thought and who look towards the possibility of a renewal of genuine communications among them. No student of contemporary philosophy should neglect it."--Albert Hofstadter