Hello friends, here I am writing this blog about my reviews on following 10 videos on Existensialism.
Video 1 :
In the first video, there are several writers and thinkers of existentialists like Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Dostoyevsky, Kafka, Heidegger, Shestov, Hesse, Sartre and Beauvoir as well as three sides of Existentialism: Individuality, Passions and Freedom. Also talked about suicide, anguish, absurdity, imotions and death.
The second video is about Albert Camus's famous work 'The Myth of Sisyphus'. In this Camus also talked about the absurdity and meaninglessness of life. Camus writes in his essay that 'one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.
Video 2 :
In this video Albert Camus wrote in his book 'The Myth of Sisyphus' that "There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide". Albert Camus talked about the absurdity and meaninglessness of life.
Video 3 :
This video talked about the philosophical suicide and absurdity. According to Kierkegaard Faith is the solution to the absurd. Existentialists suggest having faith in God while Camus suggests embracing absurdity.
Video 4 :
This video is about Dadaism, nihilism, and existentialism. Dadaism and Nihilism are different from each other. Dadaism is merely an art movement. Dadaism emerged after World War 1 and existentialism came into existence after World War 2.
Video 5 :
This video is about Existentialism as a gloomy philosophy. In this video we can find that life is full of absurdity and we are free to choose our own way for living our life. Existentialism is not Nihilism. Existentialism is differ from Nihilism.
Video 6 :
In this video we find the difference between Existentialism and Nihilism. Both are different from each other. Existentialism believes in nothingness and Nihilism believes in objectivity. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche both are given his own point of view on Nihilism.
Video 7 :
In this video existensialism asks question like, What is life ? And also supernatural power. Existentialism sees life from religiously, scientifically and philosophically and raises questions about human existence.
Video 8 :
In this video we can find that What is Existensialism ? with the reference of Nietzsche. Existentialism talked about that human being is everything, there is no need for any supernatural power to live their life.
Video 9 :
In this video a famous existensialist Eric Dodson talk about Existensialism. According to Dodson Existensialism accept your abilities and faults and understanding life deeply.
Video 10 :
At the beginning of this video with a question that What gives your life meaning ? According to Existentialists anything can give your life meaning. In this video we can find point of view of Plato, Aristotle and Kierkegaard on existensialism.
∆ Questions raised in class related these videos :
1) How does existensialism deal with the problem of death and the meaning of life ?
2) Can Essentialism be recognised with the idea of cultural and individual diversity ?
3) How does the concept of absurdity relate to the idea of meaning in life?
4) What are some of the potential consequences of embracing the idea of philosophical suicide?
5) Can you give an example of a scenario that illustrates the concept of absurdity in human existence?
Thank you...
