The existential and postmodern individual
| Title: | The existential and postmodern individual |
| Author: | Herring, Lesley Virginia |
| Abstract: | The theories of existentialism and postmodernism seem like very different ideas at first glance. Existentialism is a philosophy of individuals, while postmodernism is a theory focused more on society and less on individual existence. In this thesis, I will show that both of these ideas can be merged together to be seen as an individual philosophy. Using theories from each philosophical camp, I will describe both the existential and postmodern being. I will explain characteristics of these individuals and explain how they function in society. I will use several philosophers to explain this such as Jean-Paul Sartre and Michel Foucault, and finally, I will discuss The Stranger by Albert Camus. In The Stranger, the main character, Monsieur Meursault, exhibits the qualities of both types of individuals. I will use him as an example of the type of person that emerges from the philosophical ideas of existentialism and postmodernism. I analyze Meursault through the eyes of both the existentialist and the postmodernist, and conclude that Meursault personifies the traits and characteristics that are specific to these philosophies. |
| Publisher: | Texas A&M University |
| Subject: |
existentialism
postmodernism individual |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/2371 |
| Date: | 2005-05 |
Citation
(2005).
The existential and postmodern individual.
Master's thesis,
Texas A&M University.
Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /2371.
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