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Closeness and disappointment in Jordanian friendships Proximité et déception en amitié en Jordanie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Western folk models of friendship assume that friends like one another, implying mutually positive feelings. However, accounts of friendship from across times and places suggest that disappointment goes along with friendship as often as mutual affection.
Susan MacDougall
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The Existential Implications of Ageism: A Comparative Study of Edward Albee’s The Sandbox and Tawfik Al-Hakim’s The Tree Climber [PDF]

Maǧallaẗ Kulliyyaẗ Al-Adāb - Ǧāmiʿaẗ Al-Fayūm
The paper examines the implications of ageism and its relationship to absurdism through the characters in Edward Albee’s The Sandbox (1959) and Tawfik Al-Hakim’s The Tree Climber (1962).
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Absurdism in Paul Bowles’s Let it Come down (1952)

, 2020
30cm ; 56p.This research aims to study the issue of ‘absurdism’ in Paul Bowles’s Let it Come down (1952) by making reference to Albert Camus’s theoretical concepts on the absurd and revolt, included in “The Myth of Sisyphus” (1955) and “The Rebel ...
Amara, Ourida, Akli, Warda
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Adopting Absurdism in Science Fiction: Depicting the Meaninglessness of life in Rick and Morty

, 2023
This research deals with the analysis of the science fiction sitcom Rick and Morty, solely within the philosophical and the literary area concerned with absurdism.
Khaled, Imene Hadjer, Kadaoui, Wafaa
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Boredom, despondency, and the scourge that lays waste at noon: an anthropology of acedia Ennui, abattement et le fléau qui frappe à midi : une anthropologie de l'acédie

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Attentive to the ways that inertia can take hold of life, Catholic monks recognize despondency as a potential not only within the monastery, but in contemporary society more widely. Such experiences are regularly mapped onto an understanding of what early Christian monks termed ‘acedia’ (a Greek term that can be translated as ‘lack of care’). Taking as
Richard D.G. Irvine
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The absurdity of existence: Analyzing human relationships in Sartre's No Exit

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This article explores the philosophical concepts of existentialism and absurdism, focusing on the works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. It begins by examining Sartre's notion of "for-itself" and "in-itself," highlighting the inherent discomfort ...
Shabaz A. Abdlalla, Rebwar Z. Muhammed, Hedayat M. Ahmad   +2 more
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Absurdism and Logical Positivism in Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There

, 2020
The focus of this essay is a careful examination of Absurdism in Lewis Carroll’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’. There will be additional focus on some of his poetry, his lifelong vocation as a mathematician and its influence in his writing. This essay will
Maina, Caroline
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Desegregationist Pan‐African Spiritual Strivings: Du Bois, the Black Church and the Critique of Imperialism*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article argues that W. E. B. Du Bois grounded his seminal conceptualisation of “the Negro church” in a Pan‐Africanist challenge to how Christian reformers and missionaries' usage of “Darkest Africa” as a metaphor for modern urban vice and poverty denigrated Africa and the African diaspora while promoting a segregated, imperialist version ...
Kai Parker
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THE ABSURD LIFE OF ELLIE CHU IN THE HALF OF IT MOVIE: ALBERT CAMUS'S PERSPECTIVE

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This study examines the reflection of Albert Camus' concept of absurdity in The Half of It, a movie directed by Alice Wu. Through qualitative and descriptive analysis, the research explores the intersection of existential philosophy with contemporary ...
Nuraisyah Puji Ingkan Karim, Sumayah Sumayah   +1 more
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Post-Absurdism: Ionesco and the Juxtaposition of Absurdism and Postmodernism

, 2007
The purpose of this paper is to situate Eugène Ionesco’s dramatic works within an historical, literary, and theoretical framework. By examining the influences of both absurdism and postmodernism on Eugène Ionesco’s work, we can discern specific cultural ...
Harbaugh, Elizabeth B
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