Absurdity
Absurdity (from Latin absurditas the same meaning to absurdus = " jarring " transferred " absurd ", " incompetent ", " clumsy " ) refers to something absurd or nonsensical.
This can be an extraordinary, abstruse, the logic of contradictory or strange event or phenomenon, the likes to give no sense, no meaning to the mind of the individual, contrary to his habit.
Two ancient synonyms are folly and madness. For the etymology, see the article joke.
Absurdity in art and literature
In the 20th century saw the futility of Theatre of the Absurd, absurd actions, senseless events, common sense contradictory, even on the stage.
The absurd is a central point in the philosophy of Albert Camus. He sees the realization of a people that suffering and misery in the world have no meaning, or more precisely: That any of meaning is to close our eyes to the suffering in the world.
Authors, in their thinking, the concept of the absurd plays an important role (s):
- Samuel Beckett
- Otto Friedrich Bollnow
- Andre Breton
- Albert Camus
- Daniil Kharms
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
- Witold Gombrowicz
- Martin Heidegger
- Eugène Ionesco
- Karl Jaspers
- Søren Kierkegaard
- Gabriel Marcel
- Slawomir Mrozek
- Jean -Paul Sartre
Intellectual currents in which the concept of the absurd plays an important role (s):
- Dadaism
- Existentialism
- Existentialism
- Surrealism
About the constructive handling of the incomprehensible and infinite in painting include:
- Salvador Dalí
- Maurits Cornelis Escher
- René Magritte
Other uses
Absurdity is partly used in advertising, see Advertising absurd.
Quote
" The absurd has meaning only insofar as one, as one does not resign with him."
" The absurd, illustrated with taste, excited disgust and admiration. "