Posts Tagged ‘existentialism’

Facebook Causes vs. Stupid People

Facebook Causes is an interesting application on the now-ubiquitous social networking site which allows anyone to start up an activism group and recruit helpers, without the need for funding or geographic proximity. The about page explains: “Facebook Platform presents an unprecedented opportunity to engage our generation, most of whom are on Facebook, in seizing the [...]

The Emergency of Life in a Modern World

On a very un-nauseating inauguration day for the 44th President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, I turn to a book about a much less appealing human experience than we Americans are currently going through. The first novel by Jean-Paul Sartre seems to be one of the best templates for the Existentialist fiction [...]

Existential Dilemmas

I don’t like to use heavy labels or ideologies to express myself or to describe what I’ve been reading, but sometimes it’s inevitable. Since I saw the film I Heart Huckabees in 2004, I haven’t been able to escape the word “existentialism.” It popped up again in 2006 when I read The Stranger by Camus, [...]

Le Update and Le Quote

Hello! Thank you for paying attention to this blog, and Supraterranean.com as a whole. I’m about to share another quotation I came across recently, but first I have some news and updates. I’ve been altering article appearances like fonts and line spacings. Please comment on the changes here, at the specific articles, or on the [...]