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the Absurd (<historical, theoretical, and critical concepts>, <concepts in the arts and humanities>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Refers to a philosophical or critical concept that supposes that humanity's attempt to find meaning are doomed due to the chaotic and inexplicable nature of the universe in which we live. The concept was thought to have been embodied in the Theatre of the Absurd, a dramatic genre of the 1950s and 1960s, exemplified in the work of Samuel Beckett and Eugène Ionesco, among others.
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| the Absurd (preferred,C,U,,English,UF,U,U)
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| Absurd, the (C,U,,English-P,D,U,N)
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| the absurd (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| absurd (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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| Absurd (C,U,LC,English,UF,U,U)
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| het absurde (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| absurde, het (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: B.BM |
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| Dutch ..... Verwijst naar een filosofisch of kritisch concept dat veronderstelt dat pogingen van mensen om betekenis te vinden in het leven kansloos zijn door het chaotische en onverklaarbare karakter van het universum waarin we leven. Het concept werd belichaamd in absurdistisch toneel, een genre uit de jaren 50 en 60 van de 20ste eeuw, met als voorbeelden het werk van onder anderen Samuel Beckett en Eugène Ionesco. |
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absurdism |
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(<philosophical movements and attitudes>, philosophical concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300404625] |
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pataphysics |
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(<historical, theoretical, and critical concepts>, <concepts in the arts and humanities>, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) [300404449] |
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