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Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy is a 1958 book by the philosopher William Barrett, in which the author explains the philosophical background of existentialism and provides a discussion of several major existentialist thinkers, including Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
He is not to be confused with William E. (Edmund) Barrett (1900-1986), the novelist, and at least one other William Barrett, who appears to be a psychoanalyst.] _Irrational Man: A study in Existential Philosophy_ (1958) is credited with being largely responsible for introducing existentialism to America.
Irrational ManA study in Existential Philosophyby William Barrett. Addeddate 2019-11-20 03:23:07 Identifier irrationalman_201911
Books. Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy. William Barrett. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Jan 26, 2011 - Philosophy - 320 pages. 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 ...
This review is about the book by William Barrett, not the 2015 movie by Woody Allen. Wiki:Irrational Man: A Study In Existential Philosophy is a 1958 book by philosopher William Barrett, in which Barrett explains the philosophical background of existentialism and provides a discussion of several major existentialist thinkers, including Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger ...
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.
William Barrett: Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy Louis K Antony 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 ...
