Key difference between Existentialism vs Absurdism
- 1. Key Difference between Existentialism Vs Absurdism • Name: Panchasara Jignesh k. • Roll no: 8 • Enrollment No: 3069206420200013 • Paper No: 10 History of 20th century Literature • Batch: 2020-2022 • Email Id: [email protected] • Submitted To: S.B. Gardi Department of English MKBU
- 3. This person was referring to the philosophy of Existentialism associated with 20th-century European philosophers — particularly John Paul Sartre, who popularized the term. Some scholars extend the term back to Sorin Kierkegaard, and others extend it as far back as Socrates.
- 4. What is Existentialism • First, let’s go over what Existentialism is. Existentialists believe that the world intrinsically has no objective meaning, but through a combination of free will, awareness, and personality responsibility, we can create our own subjective meaning. • The basis of Sartre’s Existentialism is the phrase ‘existence precedes essence,’ meaning no general account of what it means to be human can be given, and that meaning can only be decided and constructed through existence itself. • Example:
- 7. What is Absurdism • According to Absurdism, it’s only natural for humans to seek out meaning in life. However, conflict occurs when we go to do so and find the universe is really cold, chaotic, and utterly devoid of any meaning at all. It’s this contradiction between our mind’s search for meaning and the reality of nature that Absurdism’s founder Albert Camus calls ‘The Absurd.’
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- 9. So for Examples… If a cow knew that his higher purpose was to be eaten, that we would be not satisfied. If I knew that we knew that we were born to die, we could not ultimately find contentment.
- 11. Works cited… Ben, Thinking Deeply With. “Existentialism vs Absurdism — Explanations and Key Differences of Each.” Medium, 17 Dec. 2020, thinkingdeeply.medium.com/existentialism-vs-absurdism- explanations-and-key-differences-of-each-22ae90b4ebde. “‘Nothing Happens, Nobody Comes, Nobody Goes, It’s Awful!’ Analyze the Sense of Metaphysical Anguish Expressed in Waiting for Godot. - ENotes.Com.” ENotes, www.enotes.com/homework- help/nothing-happens-nobody-comes-nobody-goes-its-372483. Accessed 19 June 2021.
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