{"product_id":"the-terror-of-existence-from-ecclesiastes-to-theatre-of-the-absurd-9781943003228","title":"The Terror of Existence: From Ecclesiastes to Theatre of the Absurd","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Theodore Dalrymple\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: World Encounter Institute\/New English Review\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: World Encounter Institute\/New English Review\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Movements - Existentialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cultural death of God has created a conundrum for intellectuals. How could a life stripped of ultimate meaning be anything but absurd? How was man to live? How could he find direction in a world of no direction? What would be tell his children that could make their lives worthwhile? What is the ground of morality?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExistentialism is the literary \u003cem\u003ecri de coeur\u003c\/em\u003e resulting from the realization that without God, everything good, true and beautiful in human life is destined to be destroyed in a pitiless material cosmos. Theodore Dalrymple and Kenneth Francis examine the main existentialist works, from Ecclesiastes to the Theatre of the Absurd, each man coming from a different perspective. Francis is a believer, Dalrymple is not, but both empathize with the struggle to find meaning in a seemingly meaningless universe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart literary criticism, part philosophical exploration, this book holds many surprising gems of insight from two of the most interesting minds of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World Encounter Institute\/New English Review","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45135861940375,"sku":"9781943003228","price":1402.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781943003228.webp?v=1767103859","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-terror-of-existence-from-ecclesiastes-to-theatre-of-the-absurd-9781943003228","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}