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existentialism

N ทฤษฎี ที่ว่า ทุกคน มีอิสระ และ รับผิดชอบ ใน การกระทำ ของ เขา 

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

existentialism

ex is ten tial ism |ˌegziˈstenCHəˌlizəm ˌɛɡzəˈstɛn (t )ʃəˌlɪzəm | noun a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. Generally taken to originate with Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, existentialism tends to be atheistic (although there is a strand of Christian existentialism deriving from the work of Kierkegaard ), to disparage scientific knowledge, and to deny the existence of objective values, stressing instead the reality and significance of human freedom and experience. The approach was developed chiefly in 20th -century Europe, notably by Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, and Simone de Beauvoir. DERIVATIVES ex is ten tial ist noun & adjective ORIGIN translating Danish existents-forhold condition of existence (frequently used by Kierkegaard ), from existential .

 

Oxford Dictionary

existentialism

ex ¦ist |en ¦tial |ism |ɛgzɪˈstɛnʃ (ə )lɪz (ə )m | noun [ mass noun ] a philosophical theory or approach which emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will. DERIVATIVES existentialist noun & adjective ORIGIN translating Danish existents-forhold condition of existence (frequently used by Kierkegaard ), from existential .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

existentialism

existentialism noun WORD NOTE existentialism In post World War II New York, existentialism seemed sexy, bohemian, and antiacademic. It was an action philosophy, ” a survivor's answer to nihilistic despair, and it went well with berets and saxophones, Abstract Expressionists in cold water lofts, and heroes of novels searching for authenticity in a universe of chance. For a certain extraordinary period of time, everyone wanted to be existential. Not everyone knew what this meant exactly, but everyone wanted the distinction. Misused and overused, the very word existential began to function as a sort of highbrow condiment of choice, the squiggle of French mustard that spiced up the hot dog of a banal observation. It was irresistible. To Norman Mailer, existential signified the cool of John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles in 1960 —or maybe it meant a mutual climax achieved by anal intercourse. If you wore sunglasses in the subway and listened to Miles Davis, you were probably existential. Such perhaps is the fate of certain avant-garde movements in art or thought. They arrive with the intent to move heaven and earth, and after they've gone, what they leave is their faded stylishness, and it's the same old hard earth, and heaven's as remote as ever. DL Conversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage.

 

French Dictionary

existentialisme

existentialisme n. m. nom masculin Mouvement philosophique qui s ’interroge sur l ’existence individuelle.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

existentialism

x is t n tial sm 名詞 U 〘哲 〙実存主義 .