Kafka's world is chaotic. It is a world that is often found lurking in the darkest corners of our minds, shrouded by melancholy and devoid of happiness. On the occasion of his 139th birth anniversary ...

The big-idea explorers at Aperture dive into the philosophy of absurdism and confront the notion that life is ultimately ...

Built on the existential foundations of philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and expanded upon in the early 1940s by Albert Camus, absurdism gained traction in the post-war era, centered on ideas around life ...

During a time when boundaries had not been drawn onto maps, when man still looked liked beast instead of only acting like one ...

George Saunders has been writing short stories for decades. Saunders, a professor at Syracuse University, was once a geological engineer who traveled the world; he now crafts stories that combine the ...

Lucia Debernardini is a Features writer for Collider, as well as a London-based screenwriter and filmmaker. Her short comedy film Finsta has been showcased at the Aesthetica Film Festival and won the ...

William Henderson: Soul, sole, sole, sole -- four simple words, all sounding the same, each with a quite different meaning -- the English language abounds in such ambiguities. Equally, the same word ...