Books by Jonathan Webber
Jonathan Webber is a philosophy professor at the University of Cardiff. He is the author of five books, most recently Rethinking Existentialism, published by Oxford University Press in 2018.
The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
ed. Jonathan Webber
This book consists of 21 carefully-chosen extracts, mostly from the usual suspects Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Beauvoir, but also including two from Frantz Fanon, and a discussion of Albert Camus’s claim not to be an existentialist. Specialists in existentialism will quibble about what has been left out, but for the general reader, this is a great starting point, and is particularly strong on the Sartre-Beauvoir axis.
Interviews with Jonathan Webber
Underrated Existentialist Classics, recommended by Jonathan Webber
As questions of identity become a focus of political debate, interest in existentialism has been booming once more. Here, the philosopher Jonathan Webber discusses five classic books dealing with existentialist themes that deserve a bigger audience.
Interviews where books by Jonathan Webber were recommended
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Why Plato Matters Now
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Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist
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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
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Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes
by Anthony Gottlieb
The Best Philosophy Books of 2025, recommended by Nigel Warburton
The Best Philosophy Books of 2025, recommended by Nigel Warburton
Every year, we ask our philosophy editor Nigel Warburton to select the best new philosophy books aimed at the general reader. In 2025, he’s chosen—among other things—biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
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Why Plato Matters Now
by Angie Hobbs -
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Death in a Shallow Pond: A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need
by David Edmonds -
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Arthur Schopenhauer: The Life and Thought of Philosophy’s Greatest Pessimist
by David Bather Woods -
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The Penguin Book of Existentialist Philosophy
ed. Jonathan Webber -
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Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life
by Agnes Callard -
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Third Millennium Thinking: Creating Sense in a World of Nonsense
Saul Perlmutter, Robert MacCoun and John Campbell
New Philosophy Books
New Philosophy Books
Philosophy books, at their best, open the door to thinking about how to live our lives and interact with the world around us. Fortunately, the past decade has seen many popular philosophy books published that are highly readable. Some (e.g., books on Stoicism) verge on self-help, others on how to help others. Some introduce the thought of a particular philosopher, others on the skills philosophy teaches, like critical thinking.
