Faculty Mentors
Dr. Sabrina Hom
Dr. James Winchester
Dr. John Lindsay
Dr. Isadora Mosche
Abstract
This paper seeks to establish an existentialist concept of virtuous Love by discussing the works of famous modern Existentialist thinkers such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Albert Camus within the realm of Love as discussed by Bell Hooks and Skye Cleary. It also seeks to express the significance of this Love within modern society. Our notion of Existentialist Love is built upon Sartre’s concept of authenticity, and branches into the inter-personal through Beauvoir’s notion of reciprocal, virtuous love. It is then expounded into the greater collective through a discussion of fear as the breeder of inauthenticity and is concluded by a discussion of human compassion in relation to fear and Love.
Recommended Citation
Harrison, Garrett T.
(2024)
"An Existentialist Love,"
The Corinthian: Vol. 21, Article 7.
Available at:
https://kb.gcsu.edu/thecorinthian/vol21/iss1/7