Irrational Man Irrational Man Irrational Man: A Study In Existential Philosophy is a 1958 book by the philosopher William Barrett, in which the author explains the philosophical background of existentialism and provides a discussion of several major existentialist thinkers, including Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre. "Irrational Man" helped to introduce existentialism to the English-speaking world and has been identified as one of the most useful books that discuss the subject, but Barrett has also been criticized for endorsing irrationality and for giving a distorted and misleading account of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Barrett discusses existentialism and its background,
The Fifth Horseman Is Fear of why these titles are worth looking at now." Other similar Holocaust films: Related Topics: The Fifth Horseman Is Fear The Fifth Horseman Is Fear () is a 1965 Czechoslovak New Wave film about the Holocaust that was directed by Zbyněk Brynych. Instead of depicting gas chambers and concentration camps, the film examines the subtler but equally debilitating mental effects of oppression. Restricted by government censorship, Brynych's uses national socialism as a metaphor to speak out against Soviet socialism, highlighting the evils of both oppressive regimes. When it was released in America in 1968, the film was highly praised by