Existentialism is a Humanism, Jean-Paul Sarte 1946
Posted by Geoff on May 31st, 2005
Existentialism is one of the most influencial philosophical currents of our day. This piece, by Sartre, is an attempt to “offer a defence of existentialism against several reproaches that have been laid against it.” Some of you may find this appealing, others not. Either way, it is, next to post-modernism, the quintessential philosophy of the late-modern period. In the words of a much respected comrade (and here, I agree wholeheartedly), existentialism is an adolescent response to capitalism in its geriatric stage.
