• Congratulations to the Class of 2024 on your results!
    Let us know how you went here
    Got a question about your uni preferences? Ask us here

Existentialism (1 Viewer)

Tenax Propositi

there's just no oxygen
Joined
Nov 28, 2002
Messages
391
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2003
Hey everyone.... a new history extension poster here!

Raven's thread prompted a question about my own history extension project which I was wondering if any of you could help with.

Basically, the area I have selected to analyse in it's broadest sense is 'Existentialism' and I began with some readings of Sartre. However, there are way too many books on this very broad topic and furthermore, Existentialism is a very controversial concept whereby many 'existentialists' class themselves under different branches.


I really want to look at the disparaties between existentialists over certain issues that they disagree on and divide them into diff schools to show historiography, which teachers apparently seem to love.

Could anyone suggest good texts which discuss different existentialists and their views or suggest any existentialists that are really interesting? And also, does anyone think another area of existentialism would be more interesting to research?

Let me know your thoughts!!
 

snakeoils

Why do I have this?
Joined
Nov 11, 2002
Messages
631
Location
Sydney
Gender
Male
HSC
2003
i wish i could help, but i dont really know much about it...

but it sounds really interesting though! existentialism is always something i have been interested in researching, but i just never got around to it...
 

malayz_angel

Member
Joined
Feb 25, 2003
Messages
706
Location
iN thE ClouDZ....
Existentialism? Gee... I'd love to help but apparently there are some things that our teacher has neglected to teach us...(who am I kidding... a lot)
 

t-i-m-m-y

Member
Joined
Nov 15, 2002
Messages
1,756
Gender
Male
HSC
2003
*wanders into the history extension forum--hehe i don't even do history

existentialism.. thinks about english... comes up with the name tom stoppard
 

pranks85

Member
Joined
Mar 22, 2003
Messages
58
Same....existentialism to me will always mean Ros & Guil.

Have you tried Nietzshce?
 

Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 0, Guests: 1)

Top