existentialism

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Existentialism is a philosophical movement that emphasizes individual existence, freedom, and responsibility in a world often seen as inherently meaningless or absurd.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Existentialism 11
existentialism canonical 8
French existentialism 7

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Statements (60)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intellectual tradition ⓘ
philosophical doctrine ⓘ
philosophical movement ⓘ
addresses absurdity of the world ⓘ
human condition ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
associatedWith Albert Camus ⓘ
Friedrich Nietzsche ⓘ
Gabriel Marcel ⓘ
Jean-Paul Sartre ⓘ
Karl Jaspers ⓘ
Martin Heidegger ⓘ
Maurice Merleau-Ponty ⓘ
Simone de Beauvoir ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard ⓘ
claims humans are radically free ⓘ
individuals are responsible for their choices ⓘ
meaning must be created by the individual ⓘ
values are not given a priori ⓘ
emphasizes alienation ⓘ
anxiety ⓘ
authenticity ⓘ
confrontation with death ⓘ
finitude ⓘ
individual choice ⓘ
subjective experience ⓘ
hasReligiousForms true ⓘ
hasSecularForms true ⓘ
historicalPeriod 19th century ⓘ
20th century ⓘ
influenced literature ⓘ
political theory ⓘ
psychology ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
theology ⓘ
influencedBy Friedrich Nietzsche’s critique of morality ⓘ
German idealism ⓘ
Søren Kierkegaard’s critique of Christendom ⓘ
phenomenology ⓘ
keyConcept anguish ⓘ
authentic existence ⓘ
bad faith ⓘ
despair ⓘ
existence precedes essence ⓘ
nothingness ⓘ
the absurd ⓘ
mainFocus human freedom ⓘ
individual existence ⓘ
personal responsibility ⓘ
majorWorkAssociated Being and Nothingness ⓘ
Being and Time ⓘ
The Myth of Sisyphus ⓘ
The Sickness Unto Death ⓘ
Thus Spoke Zarathustra ⓘ
oftenContrastedWith essentialism ⓘ
rationalism ⓘ
traditional theistic metaphysics ⓘ
originatedIn Europe ⓘ
viewsWorldAs absurd ⓘ
inherently meaningless ⓘ

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Martin Heidegger → movement → existentialism ⓘ
Albert Camus → movement → existentialism ⓘ
Maurice Merleau-Ponty → philosophicalSchool → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Rollo May → movement → existentialism ⓘ
French literature → hasMovement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Being and Time → influenced → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Alberto Giacometti → movement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Sestigers → influencedBy → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Mary Warnock → notableWork → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
The Plague → literaryMovement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
The Fall → literaryMovement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Nietzschean philosophy → influenced → existentialism ⓘ
Jean Hyppolite → movement → existentialism ⓘ
The Sentence → originalWorkMovement → existentialism ⓘ
Estragon → hasThemeConnection → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Man's Fate → literaryMovement → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
The Absurd Man → philosophicalTradition → existentialism ⓘ
Être et Avoir → influencedBy → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
La Force de l’âge → associatedWith → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Facts and Myths → movement → French existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Mikuláš Medek → movement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
William Barrett (philosopher) → movement → existentialism ⓘ
subject linked to: William Barrett
The Two Magots → associatedWith → Existentialist movement ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
La Place → movement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Portrait of Jean Genet → movement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
Meursault → associatedWithPhilosophy → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism
The Guest → literaryMovement → Existentialism ⓘ
linked to: existentialism