Being and Nothingness: An Essay on Phenomenological Ontology[存在与虚无]

BeingandNothingnessiswithoutdoubtoneofthemostsignificantbooksofthetwentiethcentury.Thecentralworkbyoneoftheworld'smostinfluentialthinkers,italteredthecourseofwesternphilosophy.Itsrevolutionaryapproachchallengedallpreviousassumptionsabouttheindividual'srelationshipwiththeworld.Knownas'theBibleofexistentialism',itsimpactoncultureandliteraturewasimmediateandwasfeltworldwide,fromtheabsurddramaofSamuelBecketttothesoul-searchingcriesoftheBeatpoets.BeingandNothingnessisoneofthoserarebookswhoseinfluencehasaffectedthemind-setofsubsequentgenerations.Sixtyyearsafteritsfirstpublication,itsmessageremainsaspotentasever-challengingthereadertoconfrontthefundamentaldilemmasofhumanfreedom,responsibilityandaction.