Thesis: In his novel, The Trial, Kafka utilizes the character of Josef K. to illustrate the consequences that come as a result of following Kierkegaard’s crowd, ultimately revealing Sartre’s belief that a person who follows the crowd lives in bad faith, and in the end, sacrifices his true self. [Read more…]
Archives for September 6, 2013
Existentialism, A Reaction to the Age of Organization Precis by GG
September 6, 2013 By
Abstract: The rise of highly bureaucratized large-scale organizations in the 20th century, caused by a need for social control through rationalism and technology, have dehumanized and alienated man into a submissive dependent. Existentialism is a philosophy of resistance against this rational collectivism, which interferes with man’s individual responsibility; such resistance liberates man from a part to a whole and safeguards democracy. [Read more…]
That Individual Precis by AL
September 6, 2013 By
Kierkegaard’s essay “That Individual” (1843) asserts that in order to find inner truth, one must disengage from the crowd (or the untruth) to become an individual. He illustrates why the crowd is untruth by first establishing the connection between man and God. When man approaches God as an individual, man is himself raised to the level of a God. Kierkegaard then refutes the claim that one is more likely to be successful as a part of the crowd. [Read more…]
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