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75Existentialism Definition: Revealed in Sartre's No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit, written in the waning years of World War II, is a play which ironically allegorizes the existentialist philosophy, in a one act scene depicting Hell. The effect this iconic work...
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82Analysis of The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon and Colonialism
The Wretched of the Earth or Les Damnés de la Terre is written by Frantz Fanon during the Algerian struggle for independence from colonial rule. As a psychiatrist, Fanon explored the psychological effect of colonization on the psyche of a nation as well as its broader implications for building a movement for decolonization. He also explores the need for nation building and how the newly independent countries can rise from poverty and succeed on the world stage.
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72Nietzsche's Niche (Part Three) The disrespect shown to a gifted thinker.
The conclusion of the three-part story of the real passion that was Friedrich Nietzsche--a man misrepresented by his own sister--a man still creating confusion for modern-day theologians.
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75Existential Psychotherapy, Viktor Frankl, and Jean-Paul Sartre - To Clear a Misunderstanding
Being an admirer of the existential tradition in psychology (particularly of the work of Dr. Viktor Frankl), I was eager to see how James Hansell and Lisa Damour, in their widely used textbook Abnormal Psychology, would portray it among the various...
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83Jean--Paul Sartre's No Exit; Is Hell Really Other People?
This article summarizes the events and characters in Jean-Paul Sartre's thought provoking play, No Exit. It gives a philosophical perspective on three characters who are not going anywhere but are now residents in the place we least want to find ourselves, Hell. It is the play that coined the phrase "Hell is other people".
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77A Critique of Jean-Paul Sartre's "Existentialism"
In “Existentialism” (Gary E. Kessler, Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader, 4th ed., Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2001, 496-503), Jean-Paul Sartre defines the philosophy of existentialism and demonstrates that it is...
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70My Favorite Quotable Quotes
1. “Nemo enim fere saltat sobrius, nisi forte insanit." [None dances sober, unless he is completely insane.] - Marcus Tullius Cicero (Pro Murena 13) 2. “Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘nice doggy’ until you can find a rock." - Will...
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6420 Best Dream Quotes
Best 20 dream quotes are given below. 1. “Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.” - James Dean (American Motion Picture Actor)
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76What is Avant Garde?
A writer who works according to the conventions of the past, instead of inventing new ones, is really producing old rotting bananas. This is the central argument of exponents of avant-garde attitudes or in more modern parlance, “out there” attitudes; the word avant-garde may itself be a rotting banana since it is a product of a past generation.
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