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Was there truly 'no exit' from humanity’s existential predicament, as Sartre posits in Huis-Close? Was the meaning of life a hellish nihilism? Such questions confronted intellectuals amidst the crisis of the Cold War that defined both the era of Existentialism. the decline of a front-rank philosopher to the status of a hired-gun propagandist for the communist bloc
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In hardcover nonfiction, a look at research on aging and longevity — and, from the author of “At the Existentialist Café,” an exploration of the history of humanism. Rankings reflect sales for the week ended April 1.
Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
In “Humanly Possible,” Bakewell brings her signature blend of wit and philosophical sophistication to the complex, sometimes contentious 700-year history of humanist thought.