Irrational person (existentialist philosophy research)

Author: William Barrett, [USA], translated by Yang Zhaoming and Ai Ping
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Publish Date: 1995-02-01
Features: The Irrational Man is a specialized study on existentialism that has had a significant impact in the West and has long been used as a textbook for learning and researching existentialism in many universities in English-speaking countries. This book traces the ancient roots of existentialist thought, analyzes its manifestations in art, and reflects its presence in the medieval and 19th-century Romantic movement. The book conducts studies on four major existentialist figures: Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. Finally, the author discusses existentialism as a philosophical doctrine opposing rationalism and as a social that reveals modern societal issues, arguing for the inevitability of its emergence. William Barrett, the author, was one of the earliest scholars in the United States to study and introduce existentialism. He was a professor at New York University. In addition to this book, he also wrote What Is Existentialism?. The Irrational Man is his masterpiece, now translated and published by our institution for reference by the academic community in understanding and researching existentialism.