Existentialism posits that humans always find themselves already in a existing world and that humans cannot think away that world. Existentialism in modern philosophical trend is that a person, unlike a thing, has no predetermined essence but forms his or her essence by acts of pure will. Existentialism was inspired by Søren Kierkegaard, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Friedrich Nietzsche, Edmund Gustav Albrecht Husserl, and Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche held the view that human nature and human identity vary depending on what values and beliefs they hold.
Existentialism's Impact on Society and Atheism: Nietzsche, an anti-Christian, Sartre, an atheist, and Camus an atheist, are credited for their works and writings about existentialism. Our world's cultural circles are permeated by the philosophical influences of existentialism and phenomenology. Sociology of religion covers the phenomenon of atheism, secularization, theism and existentialism.
Kierkegaard's literary character Young Man laments: How did I get into the world? Why was I not asked about it? Why was I not informed of the rules and regulations but just thrust into the ranks as if I had been bought by a peddling shanghaier of human beings? How did I get involved in this big enterprise called actuality? Why should I be involved? Isn't it a matter of choice? And if I am compelled to be involved, where is the manager, I have something to say about this. Is there no manager? To whom shall I make my complaint?
It would be apt to quote Jean Paul Sartre here: "To be there, without rhyme or reason, necessity or justification; it is to exist without the right to exist." Sartrean existentialism argues man exists without purpose, finds himself in the world and defines the meaning of his existence. Sartre is the most well-known existentialist and accepted being called an "existentialist". Being and Nothingness was Jean-Paul Sartre's most important work about existentialism. Sartre was influenced by Husserl and Heidegger. WE ARE BORN AND LIVE WITHOUT PURPOSE LIKE OTHER ANIMALS.
Two contemporary quests to elucidate rationality took their inspirations from Kierkegaard's existentialism plumbing the subterranean source of subjective experience and Husserl's phenomenology focusing on the constitutive aspect of rationality. Existentialist rejection of ratiocination and speculation together with Husserl's shift to the genesis of epoche philosophy and literature, while the foundational underpinnings of language opened the 'hidden' behind the 'veils'.
The Dilemma of Mass Communication:
An Existential Point of View -
Hanno Hardt.
Man is what he is in communication; his existence is defined by his ability to remain in
communication, not only with others as a prerequisite to any participation in the social
process, but also with himself as a source of genuine feelings and appreciations of his
environment.
Phenomenology and Existentialism in the Twentieth Century: Book II. Fruition Cross-Pollination Dissemination (Analecta Husserliana). by A T Tymieniecka.
You are here, accept it that you are here, you have no options. You are as invasive as other species. - RajrathnamVP.