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Irrational Man

A Study in Existential Philosophy

A Study in Existential Philosophy

By William Barrett

By William Barrett

By William Barrett

By William Barrett

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Category: Philosophy

Category: Philosophy

Paperback $18.00

Jul 01, 1962 | ISBN 9780385031387

Ebook $13.99

Jan 26, 2011 | ISBN 9780307761088

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    About Irrational Man

    Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to concerns of the 1990s: a period when the irrational and the absurd are no better integrated than before and when humankind is in even greater danger of destroying its existence without ever understanding the meaning of its existence.

    Irrational Man begins by discussing the roots of existentialism in the art and thinking of Augustine, Aquinas, Pascal, Baudelaire, Blake, Dostoevski, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Picasso, Joyce, and Beckett. The heart of the book explains the views of the foremost existentialists—Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. The result is a marvelously lucid definition of existentialism and a brilliant interpretation of its impact.

    About Irrational Man

    Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett speaks eloquently and directly to concerns of the 1990s: a period when the irrational and the absurd are no better integrated than before and when humankind is in even greater danger of destroying its existence without ever understanding the meaning of its existence.

    Irrational Man begins by discussing the roots of existentialism in the art and thinking of Augustine, Aquinas, Pascal, Baudelaire, Blake, Dostoevski, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Picasso, Joyce, and Beckett. The heart of the book explains the views of the foremost existentialists—Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. The result is a marvelously lucid definition of existentialism and a brilliant interpretation of its impact.

    About William Barrett

    William Barrett is widely known as one of the first philosophers to introduce existentialism to America. Besides a long and distinguished career as a professor of philosophy, he was editor of Partisan Review and the literary critic for Atlantic Monthly…. More about William Barrett

    About William Barrett

    William Barrett is widely known as one of the first philosophers to introduce existentialism to America. Besides a long and distinguished career as a professor of philosophy, he was editor of Partisan Review and the literary critic for Atlantic Monthly…. More about William Barrett

    Product Details

    Category: Philosophy

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Anchor
    Jul 01, 1962 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385031387

    Category: Philosophy

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 26, 2011 | 320 Pages | ISBN 9780307761088

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