Al Guthrie wrote:
> Forgive me for questioning the co-founder of the
"mad noir" school, but
that
> sounds like solipsism to me, Charlie. I don't know
that it's compatible
with
> existentialism - existential choice involves other
people or things which
> have to be believed to exist in order to make any of
our choices
meaningful.
************* According to Britannica:
"...Existentialism is opposed to any solipsism (holding that
I alone exist)."
But that is not exactly what Charlie said. From what I've
seen snooping around on the net, it sounds to me like
existentialism is the philosophy of noir. The roots are the
same, and so are the concepts. Really interesting (to me) how
all this stuff ties together. My preliminary idea is
that:
Existentialism + Freudianism = Noir
Existentialism states that a man is defined by the choices he
makes. Freud says that man is not in control of his choices.
That's just "screwed" waiting to happen.
The Industrial Revolution, Freud, Marx, American Realism and
Naturalism, and noir all have a common thread of man's
growing alienation from society. Sexy, huh? Maybe I can work
Darwin in there too.
miker
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