The Present Age: On the Death of Rebellion (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

About this book

By far the most profound thinker of the 19th century. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Present Age is the stunningly prescient essay on the rise of mass mediaparticularly advertising marketing and publicityby the great philosopher Sren Kierkegaard the father of existentialism. With an introduction from celebrated philosopher Walter Kaufmannwho states those who would know Kierkegaard can do no better than to begin with this bookThe Present Age is an ideal introduction to one of the greatest thinkers in the history of western philosophy.