{"product_id":"9781939994073","title":"Existentialism For Beginners","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eExistentialism For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertaining romp through the history of a philosophical movement that has had a broad and enduring influence on Western culture. From the middle of the Nineteenth Century through the late Twentieth Century, existentialism informed our politics and art, and still exerts its influence today. Tracing the movement’s beginnings with close-up views of seminal figures like Kierkegaard, Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche, \u003ci\u003eExistentialism For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e follows its intellectual and literary trail to German philosophers Jaspers and Heidegger, and finally to the movement’s flowering in post-World-War-II France thanks to masterworks by such giants as Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Simone de Beauvoir, plus many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations throughout — at once lighthearted and gritty — help readers explore and understand a style of thinking that, while pervasive in its influence, is often seen as obscure, difficult, cryptic and dark. \u003ci\u003eExistentialism For Beginners\u003c\/i\u003e draws the movement’s many diverse elements together to provide an accessible introduction for those who seek a better understanding of the topic, and an enjoyable historical review packed with timeless quotes from existentialism’s leading lights.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Cogswell \u003c\/b\u003eis a writer based in Hoboken, N.J. He has written thousands of articles on business, travel, politics, and the arts for various print and online publications, including \u003ci\u003eDemocratic Underground, Bushwatch, Prison Planet, Indymedia.org, Fortune.com, Travel Weekl\u003c\/i\u003ey, the \u003ci\u003eHudson Current\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eJersey Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He has contributed pieces to a number of political books, including\u003ci\u003e Fortunate Son, The Making of an American President\u003c\/i\u003e, by J.H. Hatfield; \u003ci\u003eAmbushed: The Hidden History of the Bush Family \u003c\/i\u003eby Toby Rogers; and \u003ci\u003eAmerica’s Autopsy Report\u003c\/i\u003e, by John Kaminski. He’s the publisher of the political and media commentary website \u003ci\u003eHeadBlast\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003edavidcogswell.com\u003c\/i\u003e), which was banned in China and named as a notable antiwar website by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Lee\u003c\/b\u003e is an illustrator, cartoonist, writer, and clown. With a degree from Indiana University centering on Medieval History, Joe is also a graduate of Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey’s Clown College. He worked for some years as a circus clown. He is the illustrator of a baker’s dozen of For Beginners books including,\u003ci\u003e Barack Obama\u003c\/i\u003e, [Howard] \u003ci\u003eZinn, Shakespeare, Postmodernism, Deconstruction, Eastern Philosophy\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eGlobal Warming\u003c\/i\u003e among others. Joe lives in Bloomington, Indiana with his wife Mary Bess, son Brandon, cat George, and the terriers (or rather terrors) Max and Jack. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"For Beginners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47165125755120,"sku":"9781939994073","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781939994073_p0.jpg?v=1769898022","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781939994073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}