Themed Articles: Existentialism & Culture

Sam Spade, Existential Hero?

Michael Rockler scrutinizes the private investigator’s existentialist credentials.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Sartre on Literature

Ion Georgiou explains the literary theories of a man who loved words.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Sartre, Kafka & Buber On Identity

Stephen Small on defining other people and ourselves.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

We Have Spirit, Yes We Do! We Have Spirit, How ‘Bout You?

Dan Sinykin says that Kierkegaard is worried about you.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Reimagining Sisyphus

Philip Villamor rethinks Albert Camus’ famous rock’n’roll parable.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Tetris: A Game of the Absurd

Robert Harries says that playing this game is a Sisyphean task, and represents the human spirit up against a meaningless fate.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Angst and Affirmation in Modern Culture

Sam Morris on the existential choice we all face.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]

Oedipus: A Thinker At The Crossroads

Eva Cybulska asks who Oedipus thinks he is.
[Issue 75: September/October 2009]