Listopia > Paul Wren's votes on the list Best Existential Fiction (16 Books)
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Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy
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"An important introduction to existentialism for the English-speaking world"
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rated it 4 stars
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The Outsider
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"An early British meditation on the importance of the outsider in cultural terms"
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rated it 4 stars
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A Nietzsche Reader
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"A great introduction to key Nietzsche texts"
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Heidegger: A Critical Reader
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"Heidegger, a great philosopher, a flawed man. Who better to represent existential thinking despite his insistence that he was not an existentialist."
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VALIS
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"Proof to why the phrase "You can take too much acid" is nonsensical"
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rated it 4 stars
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Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre
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"It could be argued that Walter Kaufmann almost single-handedly introduced Nietzsche to the American mind. He continues his good work in this study of existential philosophers"
Paul
rated it 4 stars
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Nihilism in Postmodernity: Lyotard, Baudrillard, Vattimo
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"A great study of nihilism and its impact on thought"
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rated it 5 stars
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The Banalization of Nihilism: Twentieth-Century Responses to Meaninglessness
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"Nihilism is one on of the themes most associated with existentialism, albeit wrongly. This study of nihilism in late modernity is an interesting addendum to existential thought"
Paul
rated it 3 stars
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Modernism and Nihilism
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The Experience of Freedom
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"a key work in the next steps towards a positive ontology and, hence, an escape from the cul-de-sac of the subject"
Paul
rated it 5 stars
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Existentialism is a Humanism
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Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction
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From Shakespeare to Existentialism
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The New Existentialism
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What Is Existentialism?
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Nietzsche and Philosophy
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