Irrational Man

Name: Irrational Man
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A Study in Existential Philosophy

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William Barrett

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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 Manbegins 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.

Author Biography:

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 ofPartisan Reviewand the literary critic forAtlantic Monthly. Barrett authoredThe Illusion of TechniqueandThe Truants, among other books. He died in 1992, at the age of 78.

Release date Australia

July 1st, 1962

Author

William Barrett

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

320

Dimensions

133x203x19

ISBN-13

9780385031387

Product ID

3121816

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