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A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy
A Girl's Guide to Modern European Philosophy Author:Charlotte Greig Susannah's older boyfriend, Jason, is the perfect foil to her student lifestyle. He can support her while she studies, leaving her free to take her philosophy degree seriously and dabble in the social and sexual freedom of university life in the 1970s. — Things become complicated when she begins an affair with her fellow student, Rob. Faced w... more »ith an impossible dilemma, Susannah seeks help from Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Heidegger.
A Girl’s Guide to Modern European Philosophy is a delightfully insightful, bittersweet coming-of-age romp, in which love is far from platonic and the mind -- body predicament a pressing reality. It even succeeds where many introductions to philosophy have failed, by effortlessly bringing to life the central tenets of the most important European philosophers of modern times.« less