existentialism for ... itself
well, i have two days to finish my application for germany. i will have it done tonight, if it takes all night. i'm way too interested to get the hell out of here to pass this up.
sartre is giving you the look.
so, i've been thinking a lot about existentialism lately, although i've never studied it in depth.
mostly the parts about bad faith and being authentic, not acting on your freedom in according with your tastes, and all that. also i read this on wikipedia and it got me thinking:
"Sartre believed that people who cannot embrace their freedom seek to be"looked at," that is, to be made an object of another's subjectivity. This creates a clash of freedoms whereby person A's being (or sense of identity) is controlled by what person B's thoughts about him are. This can lead to false feelings of love or, at its highest level, masochism/sadism, which are forms of the same structure but with an underlying desire of the participants to experience guilt."
does this desire to be looked at, to be both created by and consequently possessed by another, arise from a failure to create or assert oneself? i don't know, but i'm interested.
and from being and nothingness: that is the basis for the joy of love, when there is joy; we feel that our existence is justified. (that is, when we are loved)
of course, that mentality assumes one's existence needs justifying. that it was somehow a mistake, a crime, a rudeness, an evil. and to be unapologetic about one's own existence? what is that, where is love then?
ah, existentialism. you are irrational, obsessed with interpersonal conflict, and very european. we should be friends.
sartre is giving you the look.
so, i've been thinking a lot about existentialism lately, although i've never studied it in depth.
mostly the parts about bad faith and being authentic, not acting on your freedom in according with your tastes, and all that. also i read this on wikipedia and it got me thinking:
"Sartre believed that people who cannot embrace their freedom seek to be"looked at," that is, to be made an object of another's subjectivity. This creates a clash of freedoms whereby person A's being (or sense of identity) is controlled by what person B's thoughts about him are. This can lead to false feelings of love or, at its highest level, masochism/sadism, which are forms of the same structure but with an underlying desire of the participants to experience guilt."
does this desire to be looked at, to be both created by and consequently possessed by another, arise from a failure to create or assert oneself? i don't know, but i'm interested.
and from being and nothingness: that is the basis for the joy of love, when there is joy; we feel that our existence is justified. (that is, when we are loved)
of course, that mentality assumes one's existence needs justifying. that it was somehow a mistake, a crime, a rudeness, an evil. and to be unapologetic about one's own existence? what is that, where is love then?
ah, existentialism. you are irrational, obsessed with interpersonal conflict, and very european. we should be friends.