In this essay i aim to understand and explore different philosophers viewpoints on the subject of existentialism as a lifestyle role. I will do a triangulation between Sartre, Heidegger and Nietzsche. I will then go onto explore options and questions about weather existentialism is currently relevant in the present society we live in, by comparing an example from the 50's with one from today.
In my understanding, existentialism is a philosophical view point or perspective in life, that a human in their existence has a responsibility to themselves to develop their existence though acts of free will. Also that their being is individual to the person and that they have the choice to use their life in any which way they like despite all of the pressures of society, by making choices that define their true intentions. i feel that today the main factors that effect the possibility of this are confidence, being able to use recourses, an education of possibilities and to have the courage to go through with the actions necessary to make possible the lifestyle that you want.
'Nietzsche's commitment to developing a new version of existence originates, then, in his recognition of western reflection upon life has traditionally been structured by the metaphysical opposition between a number of fixed terms' (L.Spinks [2003] Friedrich Nietzsche, p134)
'the violent domination of the weak by the strong' (L.Spinks [2003] Friedrich Nietzsche, p133)
- define how walking is an existentialist activity...
- walking as existential.
- guy debord
- 1 example from 50's compared to today
- derive = drift -situationists.
- tradition vs. existentialism
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