existentialism

Explores the work of nineteenth-century Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard, includes excerpts from his writings, and discusses his key philosophical concepts.

An introduction to existentialist philosophy that discusses the central ideas--which includes freedom, authenicity, anxiety, and the Absurd--with references to classic films, novels, and plays; and also profiles some of the important figures--Nietzsche, Camus, and Sartre.

Examines the American response to French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre's existentialist thought, exploring the reasons why many American philosophers initially rejected Sartre's ideas, and discussing how they eventually began to attract positive attention.

For Giacometti, life and art embodied and expressed a persistent struggle. is was the art of obstruction of reworking, erasing, decomposing, and retrieving.

A brief introduction to existentialism that discusses the philosophy, key themes, and leading thinkers of the movement.

Jean-Paul Sartre expounds his philosophy as a form of existentialism, with human freedom at its core; includes his commentary on Camus' "The Stranger," arguing that the work should be understood as essentially comic.

A man recalls his past life as a respected Parisian lawyer until his predicted downfall, in one terrible instant.

The story of one man's struggle to survive in a Soviet workcamp during the Stalin era.