Existentialism: what it is, characteristics, authors and works
Existentialism: what it is, characteristics, authors and works Sheikh Afjal Specialist in arts, literature and cultural history Existentialism is a philosophical and literary current oriented to the analysis of human existence. It emphasizes the principles of individual freedom and responsibility, which must be analyzed as phenomena independent of abstract categories, whether rational, moral or religious. According to Nicola Abbagnano 's Dictionary of Philosophy , existentialism brings together various tendencies that, although they share their purpose, diverge in their assumptions and conclusions. That is why one can speak of two fundamental types of existentialism: religious or Christian existentialism and atheist or agnostic existentialism, to which we will return later. As a historical current of thought, existentialism began in the 19th century, but it only reached its peak in the second half of the 20th century. Characteristics of existentialism Despite the heteroge...
