Glendinning Simon. The Idea of Continental Philosophy: A Philosophical Chronicle

Edinburgh University Press, 2006. — vi, 144 p. — ISBN13: 978-0-7486-2470-6.The idea of Continental Philosophy has never been properly explained in philosophical terms. In this short and engaging book Simon Glendinning attempts finally to succeed where others have failed--although not by giving an account of its internal unity but by showing instead why no such account can be given. Providing a clear picture of the current state of the contemporary philosophical culture Glendinning traces the origins and development of the idea of a distinctive Continental tradition, critiquing current attempts to survey the field of contemporary philosophy.Starting Points
A Meeting of (Some) Minds: Phenomenology at Large
The Usual Suspects
The Analytic Perspective on the Idea
The Continental Perspective on the Idea
The (B)end of the Idea