Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
Irrational Man is widely recognized as the finest definition of existentialist philosophy ever written. It is largely responsible for introducing existentialism to America. 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...
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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.
I"The Present Age"1The Advent of Existentialism32The Encounter with Nothingness233The Testimony of Modern Art42IIThe Sources of Existentialism in the Western Tradition4Hebraism and Hellenism695Christian Sources926The Flight from Laputa120IIIThe Existentialists7Kierkegaard1498Nietzsche1779Heidegger20610Sartre239IVIntegral VS. Rational Man11The Place of the Furies267AppendicesNegation, Finitude, and the Nature of Man283Existence and Analytic Philosophers295Index307
