{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"","title":"Absurdism - Part 1: A century’s wounds, a philosopher’s question","description":"The twentieth century broke more than bodies—it shattered the old promises of reason and purpose. In a world of war, occupation, and betrayal, could meaning still be found, or was the search itself the most dangerous illusion? This is the world that forged absurdism.\r\n\r\nPicture a continent where the rules had changed overnight. Europe’s faith in progress was left bleeding in the trenches, and the machinery of modern life became the machinery of destruction. Philosophy, once a guide through chaos, now faced a world that refused to play by its rules. Old guarantees disintegrated. The world was no longer a courtroom where reason would inevitably win its case. Instead, it felt more like a waiting room with no answers, a place where suffering arrived on schedule and justice was always delayed.\r\n\r\nLearn more at: https://thephilosophyarchive.com/philosophy/absurdism","author_name":"The Archive Network"}