Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
William Barrett
ISBN 10: 0385031386 ISBN 13: 9780385031387
Editorial: Doubleday, 1958
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314 pages. 8.00x5.00x0.75 inches. In Stock. N° de ref. del artículo 0385031386
Sinopsis:
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.
Acerca del autor: 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. Barrett authored The Illusion of Technique and The Truants, among other books. He died in 1992, at the age of 78.
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Título: Irrational Man: A Study in Existential ...
Editorial: Doubleday
Año de publicación: 1958
Encuadernación: Paperback
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