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Irrational man : a study in existential philosophy /

Barrett, William, 1913-1992.

Irrational man : a study in existential philosophy / William Barrett. - New York : Anchor Books, Doubleday [1990] - 305 p. ; 21 cm

Originally published: New York : Doubleday, 1958. Includes index.

I. The present age. -- The advent of existentialism. -- The encounter with nothingness. -- The testimony of modern art. -- II. The sources of existentialism in the Western tradition. -- Hebraism and Hellenism. -- Christian sources. -- The flight from Laputa. -- III. The existentialists. -- Kierkegaard. -- Nietzsche. -- Heidegger. -- Sartre. -- IV. Integral vs. rational man. -- The place of the furies.

Widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist Philosophy, this book introduced existentialism to America in 1958. Barrett discusses the views of 19th and 20th century existentialists Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre and interprets the impact of their thinking on literature, art, and philosophy. From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Existentialism.

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