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If I have contributed anything to existentialism — or, for that matter, to twentieth century thought in general, here it is. I am willing to stand or fall by it .The purpose of this book is described in its title. The philosophy that is at present known as existentialism is identified mainly with the names of Kierkegaard, Heidegger and Sartre. It is fundamentally pessimistic —even nihilistic—and a limit seems to have been reached in its development. For more than twenty-five years, there has been no new contribution; Kierkegaard's Unscientific Postscript, Heidegger's Being and Time and Sartre's Being and Nothingness remain standard works that have not been superseded. Existentialism has halted in a cul de sac.In the six volumes of my 'Outsider sequence', l I have attempted to outline a 'new existentialism' that will possess what is so notably lacking in Heidegger and Sartre — the possibility of future development. The present book is an attempt to present the basic arguments of the 'Outsider sequence' in a simple and non-technical language for the ordinary intelligent reader. It preNupposes no previous acquaintance with existentialism or with the 'Outsider sequence.' I have preferr
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Colin Wilson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 1980
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780704504158
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Social Science, Fiction, Philosophy
- Rating
- 3.96 / 5 (57 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13