Books in the Problems of Modern European Thought series

Philosophers such as Kierkgaard, Nietzsche and Sartre have clearly been preoccupied with the possibility of authenticity. In this study, Golomb examines the literature and work of these philosophers in his analysis of their ethics.

This is a highly original yet accessible study of the debate between modernity and postmodernity. It clearly explains and examines the central problem of the debate: whether the use of reason is an emancipatory or enslaving force.