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Tag Archives: Existentialism
Farmer Philosopher; Ancient Childhoods
Marjorie Grene is the author of books about existentialism, Aristotle, and philosophy and science.; Mark Golden is at work on a study of childhood in ancient Greece.
Martin Heidegger and Modern Philosophy
In the course of 20th-century philosophical inquiry and application, the name Martin Heidegger is important to both scholarly and popular audiences. For example, Heidegger has been called the founder of existentialism. But in addition to his contributions to philosophical discourse in our time, Heidegger also exerts an increasing influence upon contemporary political and cultural inquiry.
Soren Kierkegaard; Afro-American Slave Narratives
1. In the cultural and intellectual crosscurrents that flow between Europe and the Americas, the name Soren Kierkegaard is prominent. What were Kierkegaard’s interpretation and criticism of 19th-century philosophy and religious thought–particularly of Christianity in the form of the Danish state church–and how do they affect contemporary religious thought and practice? 2. Professor Sekora comments on how Afro-American slave narratives of the 18th and 19th-centuries–the subject of his research at the National Humanities Center–extend into present-day American life.
Mass Death in Contemporary Philosophy
Edith Wyschogrod [NHC Fellow 1980-81] discusses the evolution of philosophical thinking about death from ancient to modern times, claiming that death has always been a catalyst for philosophical thinking. Wyschogrod contends that twentieth-century bureaucracy and technology have led to new kinds of man-made, mass death, forcing existentialists and other philosophers to confront unique problems concerning death.