Sir William Barrett

William Barrett is widely known as one of the first philosophers to introduce existentialism to America. Besides a long and distinguished career as a professor of philosophy, he was editor of Partisan Review and the literary critic for Atlantic Monthly . Barrett authored The Illusion of Technique and The Truants , among other books. He died in 1992, at the age of 78.

William Barrett is widely known as one of the first philosophers to introduce existentialism to America. Besides a long and distinguished career as a professor of philosophy, he was editor of Partisan Review and the literary critic for Atlantic Monthly . Barrett authored The Illusion of Technique and The Truants , among other books. He died in 1992, at the age of 78. See less