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ID: 300404625
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300404625

 

Record Type: concept
absurdism (<philosophical movements and attitudes>, philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A philosophical movement or attitude associated with Albert Camus that posits that humanity's search for meaning is futile in a chaotic, senseless universe.
 
Terms:
absurdism (preferred,C,U,English,UF,U,U)
absurdist (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
absurdity (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
absurdisme (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  B.BM

Hierarchical Position:

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Hierarchy of Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)
.... Associated Concepts (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of philosophical concepts
........ philosophical concepts (G)
Hierarchy of <philosophical movements and attitudes>
............ <philosophical movements and attitudes> (G)
Hierarchy of absurdism
................ absurdism (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een filosofische beweging of houding die wordt geassocieerd met Albert Camus, met als grondgedachte dat de zoektocht van de mensheid naar betekenis futiel is in ons chaotische, zinloze universum.  

Related concepts:
focuses on ....  the Absurd
..................  (<historical, theoretical, and critical concepts>, <concepts in the arts and humanities>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300404624]
related to ....  existentialism
..................  (<philosophical movements and attitudes>, philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300068735]

Sources and Contributors:
absurdism............  [VP Preferred]
....................  MacKenzie, Theatre's New Threshold: Theatre of the Absurd, Journal of Modern Literature (2012)
....................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
....................  Pritchard, Absurdity, Angst, and the Meaning of Life, The Monist (2010) 3
....................  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [online] (2000-) "Albert Camus;" accessed 18 April 2016
....................  Wellwarth, Manuel De Pedrolo and Spanish Absurdism, Books Abroad (1972)
absurdisme............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
absurdist............  [VP]
....................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Theatre of the Absurd;" accessed 18 April 2016
....................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
....................  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [online] (2000-) "Albert Camus;" accessed 18 April 2016
absurdity............  [VP]
....................  Pritchard, Absurdity, Angst, and the Meaning of Life, The Monist (2010) title
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  UvA Talen
............  Van Lier, Van absurdisme tot mystiek (1994)
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.......... Pritchard, Absurdity, Angst, and the Meaning of Life, The Monist (2010)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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