Outsider Cycle

3 primary works

Religion and the Rebel

by Colin Wilson

Published December 1957

The Age of Defeat

by Colin Wilson

Published 10 October 2018

Introduction to the New Existentialism

by Colin Wilson

Published 31 December 1966

Colin Wilson revitalised existentialism with a completely new approach to the philosophy. The six volumes of his 'Outsider' series created an existentialism that is not paralysed by its own nihilism. This book, first published in 1966, is a clear summary of the ideas of the 'Outsider' cycle, and also develops them to a new stage. Wilson's 'new existentialism' sees philosophy as an intellectual adventure that aims at a real command and control of human existence, and this book is its clearest exponent.