There is much talk in Paris, in Greenwich Village, even in the center of Manhattan, about existence and existentialism. The existentialists assemble in the Cafe de Flore in Paris. There is a series of ...

Interdisciplinary efforts, for all their ostensible appeal, are more often praised than practiced, especially when it comes to combining the humanities and sciences. Nonetheless, connecting two ...

University of Cambridge provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. On 7 February 1946 we find J Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, writing a letter to “Special Agent in Charge” at the New ...

The aftermath of World War II spawned no identifiable Lost Generation, but it did bring a word for intellectuals to play with: existentialism. At first it appeared to be nothing but a new French ...

“Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and ...

THE AGE OF REASON (397 pp.)—Jean-Paul Sartre—translated by Eric Sutton —Knopf ($3). What is existentialism? As far as most Americans are concerned, it is the latest incomprehensible fashion from ...

Existentialism and spirituality may be viewed as a contradiction. This may not be true. The two views may reveal a unified perspective. I believe you can be spiritual and have an existential ...

Black Sabbath and philosophy. It may sound like a strange duo. I suppose it is. Both are pretty damn good on their own, but together they’re the best combination since peanut butter and chocolate. Don ...