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Jan 6, 2023 · In their conceptions of “the public” (Kierkegaard), “the herd” (Nietzsche), and “the They” (Heidegger), existentialists offer powerful critiques of the leveled down and routinized ways of being that characterize mass society.
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In Germany, the psychiatrist and philosopher Karl Jaspers—who later described existentialism as a "phantom" created by the public [77] —called his own thought, heavily influenced by Kierkegaard and Nietzsche, Existenzphilosophie.
- a. Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) as an Existentialist Philosopher. Kierkegaard was many things: philosopher, religious writer, satirist, psychologist, journalist, literary critic and generally considered the ‘father’ of existentialism.
- b. Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) as an Existentialist Philosopher. “I know my lot. Some day my name will be linked to the memory of something monstrous, of a crisis as yet unprecedented on earth…” (Nietzsche 2007:88).
- c. Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) as an Existentialist Philosopher. Heidegger exercised an unparalleled influence on modern thought. Without knowledge of his work recent developments in modern European philosophy (Sartre, Gadamer, Arendt, Marcuse, Derrida, Foucault et al.)
- d. Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) as an Existentialist Philosopher. In the public consciousness, at least, Sartre must surely be the central figure of existentialism.
Jun 8, 2018 · Existentialism is a philosophical movement that became associated with the philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre [1] (who rejected the name as too confining) and whose roots extend to the works of Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger [2].
May 5, 2023 · In its early stages, existentialism was largely developed by European philosophers such as Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Martin Heidegger. Later, the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre became the most prominent figure associated with existentialism.
Sep 28, 2023 · The foundations of existentialism can be traced back to Kierkegaard - regarded as the father of the movement - and his works on anguish, and to a lesser extent to Nietzsche's break with traditional metaphysics.
The philosophical career of Jean Paul Sartre (1905-1980) focuses, in its first phase, upon the construction of a philosophy of existence known as existentialism.
