A couple weeks ago, the world was swept by successive waves of absurdity and anxiety. The ripples began when the Danish prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, declared that President Donald Trump’s ...

Soren Kierkegaard (1813–55 ... Obviously, the emergence of existentialism had a lot to do with this, because the themes Kierkegaard examined in his work are similar to those which were explored ...

Early in life, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard was bestowed the nickname ... “the doctor of dread,” the father of existentialism, has emerged as a curious figure of consolation.

Even though Kierkegaard treats despair as a spiritual and existential condition rather than just a psychological state, The Sickness Unto Death sparkles with psychological insight. Especially ...

By the same token, Kierkegaard led the way for the “truly religious” to take deep and often personal responsibility for their spiritual lives. As descendants of both existential and ...

Jean Paul Sartre Source: Eetum / Istock Søren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher who is considered to be the father of existentialism. He was critical of religious philosophy, emphasizing that ...

As a role model for future generations of angsty, overwrought people, Søren Kierkegaard does not disappoint. The “father of existentialism” puzzles us with philosophical texts, disorients us ...