Summary
Wilson rationalized the psychological dislocation so characteristic of Western creative thinking into a coherent theory of alienation, and defined those affected by it as a type: the Outsider. Through the works and lives of various artists - including Kafka, Camus, Hemingway, Hesse, Lawrence, Van Gogh, Shaw, Nietzsche and Dostoevsky - Wilson explored the psyche of the Outsider, his effect on society and society’s on him. Nothing that has happened in the past four decades years has made The Ou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753814321 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753814323 |
| Author: | Colin Wilson |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 1 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 236g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 22mm |
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About The Author
Colin Wilson
Colin Wilson was a prominent philosopher and novelist. Wilson called his philosophy ‘new existentialism’. He is perhaps best known for THE OUTSIDER. It has never been out of print and has been translated into over thirty languages.
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