I'm interested in three modern philosophies that overlap a lot: Existentialism, Nihilism, and Absurdism. I could be wrong here, but it seems they all start with the same idea--life doesn't have any ...

Does radical subjectivity lead to freedom or imprisonment? Although it is difficult to interpret precisely expressions of enthusiasm for certain ideas or to measure and record the motions of opinion ...

We would like to announce a call for papers for our panel proposal for the 2017 MLA conference (Phladelphia, PA, January 5-8, 2017). This panel will explore new approaches to the study of the ...

A couple weeks ago, the world was swept by successive waves of absurdity and anxiety. The ripples began when the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, declared that President Donald Trump’s desire ...

Beckett’s creation incarnates everything that “Theater of the Absurd” has come to represent. Two hobos, Estragon and Vladimir, are waiting for Godot (pronounced in the production GOD-oh). They have an ...

Pessimism is back. That will not surprise anyone who has been keeping track of the nation’s pulse over the past several months — or perhaps the last several years. Jimmy Carter’s “malaise” speech, ...

Existentialism is a philosophical theory and a literary perspective. Its central proposition is that the world has no a priori meaning or purpose. Yet life has value. Therefore, human beings strive to ...