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Showing 1 to 20 of 55 for “"Existentialist"”.
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Albert Camus : Existentialist and Humanist
During the two decades since World War II there has evolved a literary-philosophic movement which has been termed existentialism. Although the "ism" itself is new, its roots lie, admittedly, in the nineteenth century philosophies of Soren Kierkegaard and Friedrich Nietzsche, but even deeper origins …
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Reconsidering Sen’s “development as freedom” through a black existentialist lens
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The issue of development is both an economic and an ethical question, concerning what constitutes a good life. However, traditional economics has solely answered this question in terms of quantitative ideals measured by utilitarian metrics of capital. That is to say that what we …
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Being and suffering: toward an existentialist understanding of memory, suffering, and violence
This is an application of existentialist and phenomenological philosophy to the psychology and ethical concerns of memory, suffering, and violence. The primary goal is to take up the recent resurgence of existentialist/phenomenological thought and apply it to the fields of memory studies and trauma …
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"Existential Realism: Modernism and the Ethics of Agency in the Franco-American Existentialist Tradition, 1937-1955"
… and the Ethics of Agency in the Franco-American Existentialist Tradition, 1937-1955” unearths the pivotal role American fiction played in the development and dissemination of the French existentialist ethics of agency. French intellectuals regarded American fiction as a reinvention of novelistic …
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Woolf's philosophy of literary subjectivity : Virginia Woolf's 'To the lighthouse' and Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist theory
Sartre's theory of existentialism is used as a lens to interpret Woolf's approach to literature as the philosophy of "literary subjectivity." The notion of subjectivity is explored within theoretical existentialism and then applied to Woolf's life and her moment of awakening to subjectivity. To the …
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Artists for Humanity's Sake: An Ameliorative Project Concerning Artists and the Existentialist Struggle Against the Dominant Narrative
Existentialist ethics tell us that we as individuals cannot be truly liberated until all are. This means that we must pursue a more just world for all. Interestingly enough, as we look at the evidences of the ways in which cultural violence have been used historically and today as a means to …
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Emergent grace: Paul Tillich, existential ontology, and the ethics of acceptance
… has far wider relevance. By setting it within an existentialist and materialist framework, this dissertation explores the complex interaction between institutional, biological, and psychological factors that influence moral judgment and shape human decision making. The work gives special attention …
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Bending and breaking the boundary between horror and comedy: an exploration of the existentialist function of the abject in the works of John Landis and Woody Allen
This thesis explores the line between comedy and horror in an increasingly postmodern world through the cinema of John Landis and Woody Allen. Chapter One explores the theoretical and historical material that link Landis and Allen, namely in their dealing with (1) Edgar Allan Poe’s effect, (2) …
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Reading <i>Waiting for Godot</i> through the lens of Christian existentialism
… within the context of the Theater of the Absurd, existentialist literature, or Christian allegory. This thesis recognizes the validity of all such readings while attempting to merge these seemingly contradictory perspectives. By reading the play within the context of Christian Existentialism, new …
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The Death of God: An Analysis of the Existential Solutions to the Problem of Nihilism
… works influenced many of the existential and existentialist works in the twentieth century. One of these existentialist writers is Jean-Paul Sartre, who clearly defined existentialism, stating that 'existence precedes essence'. Satrean existentialism provides an answer to the nihilistic …
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Intellectual origins of the French New Left: Sartre, Lefebvre, Castoriadis
… Castoriadis in the period 1945 to 1968. Sartre’s existentialist critique revolved around what he considered to be the lack of a Marxist theory of subjectivity. Lefebvre’s revisionist critique questioned the validity of the traditional Marxist view of advanced industrial society. Castoriadis’ …
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Kierkegaard's Existential Theory of the Political.
… political which was principally grounded in his existentialist concerns and commitments. I shall argue, furthermore, that Kierkegaard's existential theory of the political is; systematically laid out; intriguing and original; comprehensive and detailed; theoretically grounded; consistent …
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Hospitality in Adventure Tourism:: Being, dwelling, guiding
… tourism and hospitality studies. Building on existentialist propositions of dwelling as a way of being in the world, more-than-human sociology and a poststructuralist philosophy of fluidity and flux, it aims to advance outdoor adventure guiding scholarship. In so doing, it addresses the …
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Integration of cognitive and existential therapy
… regarding cognitive-behavioural and existentialist psychotherapeutic techniques. Findings showed that many cognitive-behavioural therapists were open to, interested in, and/or utilised existentialist techniques and principles in their practices. Yet, the expected relationship between …
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Ethics, ambiguity, and the existential novel; A study of Simone de Beauvoir's works of fiction
This thesis analyzes five novels of the existentialist French author Simone de Beauvoir. It seeks to challenge the arguments presented by many scholars, which regard Simone de Beauvoir's work as subordinate to and dependent on Jean Paul Sartre's work. Secondly, too many see her only as a feminist …
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Collage Art Therapy and Grief: How Art Therapy Can Improve Grief Symptoms and the Quality of Life for Adults in Bereavement
… process of art psychotherapy, basic theories of existentialist therapy, grief and bereavement education and normalization, and group therapeutic interactions. The program will be evaluated for reduction in negative grief symptoms, an increase in positive coping skills, and an improvement in …
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Philip Guston’s Absurd and the Sisyphean Affirmation in the Battle for Existentialism
… – By Jason Blacklock This dissertation offers an Existentialist interpretation of the life and work of Philip Guston. Discourse regarding avant-garde New York School artists and their knowledge and manipulation of Existentialism has an illustrious rollcall. Dore Ashton and Harold Rosenberg, …
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Suffering and the Christian life : the asceticism of Søren Kierkegaard.
… a Pietist, a mystic, a poet, and the first existentialist philosopher. While these labels all have some degree of truth, I argue that the best name for Kierkegaard is that of a Christian ascetic. Kierkegaard was committed to a vision of the Christian life as suffering for the truth in …
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