PHI 343: Existentialism at John Jay College
3 credits · Fall 2026
Existentialism (PHI 343) at John Jay College has 1 way to take it in Fall 2026. 1 of 1 section has an open seat right now.
The professor is: Jonathan Berk.
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Requirements
Prerequisites: ENG 201 and Any PHI Course or HJS 250
About this course
This course surveys 19th- and 20th-century North Atlantic philosophy associated with existentialism, an intellectual movement centered on issues of individual responsibility, "radical freedom," and political engagement. Contextualizing it as a critical reaction to the abstract optimism and colonizing tendencies of the 18th-century Enlightenment, we explore existentialism's focus on concrete situations and worldly problems. Topics include anguish, thrownness, bad faith, humanism, and facticity. Readings are selected from thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Unamuno, Cesaire, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Camus, Fanon, Wright, and contemporary commentators.
Professors for PHI 343 at John Jay, Fall 2026
- Jonathan BerkChill Rank 1 of 5: Chill?
1 section · 1 open · ★ 4.9 (12) · difficulty 1.6/5 · 100% would take again
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PHI 343 sections, times and seats
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Questions about PHI 343 at John Jay
- Who teaches PHI 343 at John Jay in Fall 2026?
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