{"product_id":"conceptions-of-the-absurd-from-surrealism-to-chestovs-and-fondanes-existential-thought-9781900755474","title":"Conceptions of the Absurd: From Surrealism to Chestov's and Fondane's Existential Thought","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ramona Fotiade\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Existentialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe concept of the Absurd was a source of fascination for artists and intellectuals throughout the twentieth century. Two interpretations in particular were to provide major reference points for French writers in the 1920s and 1930s: the Surrealist 'free functioning of thought', and the existential critique of rational discourse elaborated by Leon Chestov(1866-1938) and Benjamine Fondane(1898-1944). In this highly original study, Fotiade examines the less familiar existential line, and shows that Chestov and Fondane's project found both support and illustration in the force-field of the Surrealist movement. the work of such dissident writers as Antonin Artuad, Roger Gilbert-Lecomte and Rene Daumal takes on wider intellectual context.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892313866391,"sku":"9781900755474","price":6611.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781900755474.webp?v=1781186423","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/conceptions-of-the-absurd-from-surrealism-to-chestovs-and-fondanes-existential-thought-9781900755474","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}