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Jun 13, 2024 · Existentialism is a form of philosophical inquiry that explores the issue of human existence. [1] [2] Existentialist philosophers explore questions related to the meaning, purpose, and value of human existence. Common concepts in existentialist thought include existential crisis, dread, and anxiety in the face of an absurd world and free will ...
Jun 11, 2024 · Albert Camus - Existentialism, Absurdism, Nobel Prize: As novelist and playwright, moralist and political theorist, Albert Camus after World War II became the spokesman of his own generation and the mentor of the next, not only in France but also in Europe and eventually the world.
Just about every day on this sub, someone posts a picture of a character from a TV show, a song lyric, or some other such thing and say “is this person or thing or lyric an absurdist”. That’s what this sub has delved down to.
1 day ago · It’s absurdist maybe in the point-of-view, which captures the fragile mental fireworks that color life in the corporate world. It’s an uncomfortable book to dwell within, perhaps because we recognize so many traits — the phobias, obsessions, and anxieties — of the protagonist, Bob Slocum. Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
Jun 13, 2024 · Notes from the Underground, novella by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, first published in Russian as Zapiski iz podpolya in 1864. The work, which includes extremely misanthropic passages, contains the seeds of nearly all of the moral, religious, political, and social concerns that appear in Dostoyevsky’s great novels.
May 29, 2024 · The Routledge Companion to Absurdist Literature is the first authoritative and definitive edited collection on absurdist literature.
This is a subreddit dedicated to the aggregation and discussion of articles and miscellaneous content regarding absurdist philosophy and tangential topics.
