{"product_id":"irrational-man-a-study-in-existential-philosophy-9780385031387","title":"Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrrational Man\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam 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 \u003ci\u003ePartisan Review \u003c\/i\u003eand the literary critic for \u003ci\u003eAtlantic Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e. Barrett authored \u003ci\u003eThe Illusion of Technique\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Truants\u003c\/i\u003e, among other books. He died in 1992, at the age of 78.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50652134605074,"sku":"9780385031387","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_db0e11ba-4ca7-4e41-8038-c1b8d8bec3cb.jpg?v=1733318563","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/irrational-man-a-study-in-existential-philosophy-9780385031387","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}