existentialist philosophy

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existentialist philosophy - (philosophy) a 20th-century philosophical movement chiefly in Europe; assumes that people are entirely free and thus responsible for what they make of themselves

existential philosophy, existentialism

philosophy - the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics

philosophical doctrine, philosophical theory - a doctrine accepted by adherents to a philosophy

depersonalisation, depersonalization - (existentialism) a loss of personal identity; a feeling of being an anonymous cog in an impersonal social machine

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One need only look at the underlying assumptions in existentialist philosophy and even ancient Greek philosophy to see this point.

Teaching our children well: pedagogy, religion, and the future of ... by Katz, Claire Elise / Cross Currents

This dialectic between self and Other is also located in the relation between Sartre's existentialist philosophy and Levi-Strauss's notion of structure, where Mudimbe has traced the philosophical foundations of the colonial conflict between the "native" (existentialist self) and colonialist (the structure of the Other).

Michael Syrotinksi. Singular Performances: Reinscribing the Subject ... by Samuels, Robert / African American Review

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