Download or read book Existentialism, Religion, and Death written by Walter Kaufmann and published by Plume. This book was released on 1976 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four brilliant essays examine Kierkegaard, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky and Buber. Each is seen in a new perspective (the appreciation of Tolstoy, for example, is eye-opening). One chapter contrasts Nietzsche with the leading existentialists, and another explores the reception of existentialism in the United States. Throughout, the author's thrust is critical and constructive and never merely expository. [Back cover].