Irrational Man
A Study in Existential Philosophy
$36.66
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
6 December 1998
Summary
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 th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780385031387 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0385031386 |
| Author: | William Barrett |
| Publisher: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Imprint: | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 6 December 1998 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 131mm x 18mm |
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About The Author
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 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.
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