Reviews for Existential America

The average rating for Existential America based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-11-12 00:00:00 Robert Travaline Slow and intricate at times, fast-paced and lively in its criticism at other times, "Existential America" succeeds on two fronts. The book shows the longstanding existential attitude in American culture, even before the word "existential" entered the English lexicon, and it shows in great detail the effects of European existentialism on twentieth-century American culture. Cotkin largely succeeds at making the thought of Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus, Beauvoir, and others accessible, although I don't feel as though I came away with a solid grasp of the differences between Sartre and Camus.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-12-05 00:00:00 Ryan Hines "luminous poisoning"