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Absurdity: Absurdity refers to the state of being incongruously or irrationally illogical. It often involves situations or ideas that lack inherent meaning or purpose, creating a sense of contradiction or paradox. Absurdist literature, theater, and philosophy explore the inherent meaninglessness of life and the futile search for order. See also Existentialism, Literatur, Art, Art works._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Albert Camus on Absurdity - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 326 Absurdity/Camus: The absurd is the big theme of Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus, which makes life so hopeless that it actually drives one into suicide if one does not rebel against it despite the hopelessness. >Existentialism. Hans-Martin Schönherr-Mann, „Albert Camus, Der Mensch in der Revolte (1951)“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Camus, Albert Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |