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 ...

Presaging Frankl’s emphasis on the congenital need for some sense of meaning and purpose in life, Carl Jung states, “I have observed that a life directed to an aim is in general better, richer, and ...

Absurdist books turn pointlessness into something strangely bearable, using dark humour, repetition, failed logic and human ...

This course is a general introduction to existentialism. The primary focus of the course will be to engage the core existentialist themes of freedom, subjectivity, alienation, authenticity, death, and ...

Absurdity is everywhere—it’s in the ridiculous characters of TV shows like What We Do in the Shadows or It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, in the surreal memes we scroll past on social media, and even ...

It was a work that stayed with Davy Lyons long after he turned the last page. Feeling inspired, the Wexford songwriter ...