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Theory of Existentialism

Theory of Existentialism . By sie rossiter. Practitioners. Main Influences . World War one -1915. Main influences. Martin Heidegger Karl Jaspers Edmund Husserl . Jean Paul Sartre. What makes WW1 So Important?. “Being and Time”-Heidegger’s book

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Theory of Existentialism

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  1. Theory of Existentialism By sierossiter

  2. Practitioners Main Influences World War one-1915

  3. Main influences • Martin Heidegger • Karl Jaspers • Edmund Husserl • Jean Paul Sartre

  4. What makes WW1 So Important? • “Being and Time”-Heidegger’s book • Public Prominence of two French writers • German occupying forces • “a fame that reached across all audiences” • “the first media craze of the postwar era”

  5. His work/famous quotes • Sartre: “When the rich rage was, it’s the poor who die” • Sartre: “Only the guy who isn’t rowing has time to rock the boat” • Heidegger: “The most thought provoking thing in our thought provoking time is that we are still not thinking”

  6. Time period/theatre style • Expressing the belief that human existence has no meaning/purpose • All communication breaking down • Logical communication & constructing gives way to irrational & illogical speech • =ultimate silence • Absurd: a mans reaction to a world with no meaning • Or a man as a puppet controlled by invisible outside forces

  7. Thank you for listening! • Have any questions? • (say no! ;) 

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