In his newest show “Death: The High Price of Living” Skeleton-Man takes the audience on an existential Tour de Force designed to offer new perspective and renew your life appetite, energy and sense of freedom
Erich Fromm – The Sane Society (Answers)
Erich Fromms “The Sane Society” offers some suggestions that will better man’s chances of living a fruitful life in companionship with the world
Erich Fromm – The Sane Society (Questions)
Erich Fromms “The Sane Society” from 1954 investigates how modern society works against giving man the best chances of authentic living in accordance with his nature
Hartmut Rosa – Alienation and Acceleration
“It is impossible to keep up!” At work our inbox is drowning, home is no better and our sparetime is spent keeping up our body and SoMe – even our holidays are packed with plans. How did we end up in this hamster wheel – and how do we get off!?
Friedrich Nietzsche – Or how to Philosophize with a Hammer
He who knows his why, can bear with almost any how. Introduction to the 19th century thinker Friedrich Nietzsche and his concepts of the eternal recurrence, the übermensch, the death of God and more
Martin Buber / I-You vs. I-It
A great relationship breaches the barriers of a lofty solitude, subdues its strict law, and throws a bridge from self-being to self-being across the abyss of dread of the universe. Article on Martin Buber’s strong appeal to human relations
The Role of Death In Life – Terror Management
According to Terror Management Theory the awareness and terror of death is the determining factor behind all human thoughts, feelings, and actions. How can this be so?
Franz Kafka – An Introduction
In his dreamlike novels and short stories the Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) captured the alienation that accompanies the modern while also addressing the existential questions of life
Albert Camus – The Absurd and Suicide
There is but one truly serious philosophical problem: Suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. Introduction to Albert Camus’ “The Myth of Sisyphus”
Viktor Frankl – Suffering & Meaning
How did an existential psychotherapist survive the horrors of the Holocaust? In “Man’s Search for Meaning” Viktor Frankl emphasizes the importance of meaning and shows how one may find meaning even in suffering