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Can I read The Outsider on EtoBox?
The Outsider by Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013 is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Outsider about?
Librarian note: an alternate cover for this edition can be found (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23272740-the-outsider) here . The Outsider is the seminal work on alienation, creativity and the modern mind-set. First published over forty years ago, it made its youthful author England's most controversial intellectual. The Outsider its an individual engaged in an intense self-explorationa person who lives at the edge, challenges cultural values and "stands for Truth." Born into a world without perspective, where others simply drift thru life, the Outsider creates his own set of rules and lives them in an unsympathetic environment. The relative handful of people who fulfilled Wilson's definition of the Outsider in the 1950s have now become a significant social force, making Wilson's vision more relevant today than ever. Through the works the lives of various artistsincluding Kafka, Camus, Eliot, Hemingway, Hesse, Lawrence, Van Gogh, Nijinsky, Shaw, Blake, Nietzsche and DostoyevskiWilson explores the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society and society's effect on him. Wilson illuminates the struggle of those who seek not only the transformation of Self but also the transfo
Who reads The Outsider?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013
- Publisher
- Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780575400054
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Thriller, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.06 / 5 (1,781 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14