"Existentialism" is a label first applied in the West, but it can and should rightly be recognized as emerging in various ...
The aftermath of World War II spawned no identifiable Lost Generation, but it did bring a word for intellectuals to play with: existentialism. At first it appeared to be nothing but a new French ...
A window set flush into the cobblestones in the middle of Berlin’s Bebelplatz opens onto a subterranean room of white bookshelves built to hold 20,000 books. But they are empty. The stark construction ...