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Category Archives: Existentialism
Primo Levi
In The Nation, Vivian Gornick has an exceptionally well written review of Berel Lang’s book Primo Levi: The Matter of a Life. Gornick argues convincing that Primo Levi’s suicide in 1987 was not a direct result, per se, of his … Continue reading
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At 80, McCain Considers Running For POTUS in ’16
I had to crack up at this story. The man’s narcissism runs *so* deep, and, well, his sheer… denial of certain facts of life. “The irony of man’s condition is that the deepest need is to be free of the … Continue reading
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Bring Back Existentialism
Before the Humanities became all-consumed with literary ‘theory’ and then become trapped, still so today, in a cesspool of politicized postmodernism (race/class/gender), genuine issues of life and death were the focus. In “Let’s Bring Back Existentialism“, Peter Lawler argues for … Continue reading
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Camus’ Algerian Legacy
From an article on Algeria’s cultural snubbing of Albert Camus’ Algerian legacy is this nice paragraph about the arc of Camus’ oevre: “There is a Camus for every stage of life,” says Kaplan, trying to explain Camus’ staying power and … Continue reading
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Existential Bummer
While he’s a bit over-animated, in a “Hey, I’m ready for Twitter-fied American television!” way, Jason Silva nonetheless gets to the heart of the matter in “Existential Bummer“. It’s about the entropy, baby.
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