Existentialism

Catalog description

This course offers an introduction to Existentialism, a global philosophical movement with roots in the 19th Century. Some existentialist themes include: freedom, authenticity, responsibility, death, choice, truth, and the nature of morality and values. We will also explore philosophical and literary existential writings in the context of social and political issues such as race, feminism, and postcoloniality. This course fulfills the Rowan Core Humanistic Literacy and the Rowan Experience Broad-Based Literature requirement.