Voi mahoton! Et voi tulla rajan taa. - Järkee vai ei? Absurdismi filosofiassa ja suomalaisessa rock-musiikissa.

Puhekuplien mahdollisen intention vastaisesti väitän, että tämä kommentti on mitä kierkegaardilaisin. Absurdi nimittäin tulee tosiaankin vasta nihilismin jälkeen [ikäänkuin päämääränä], koska nihilismi kantaa vielä nietzscheläisittäin mukanaan 'Jumalan varjoa' [tieteellisen järjen Totuutta]. Absurdi sen sijaan on 'ei-pragmaattista solipsismia' eli itseyden täyteyttä puhtaimmillaan. Siinä on kyse intellektin palautumattomasta vajoamisesta maailmaan[sa] sellaisena kuin se on. Voidaankin ilman täyttä syytä sanoa, että juuri absurdikossa maailmankaikkeus katselee itseään silmästä silmään.

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In philosophy, "The Absurd" refers to the conflict between the human tendency to seek value and meaning in life and the human inability to find any. In this context absurd does not mean "logically impossible," but rather "humanly impossible." The universe and the human mind do not each separately cause the Absurd, but rather, the Absurd arises by the contradictory nature of the two existing simultaneously.

Absurdism, therefore, is a philosophical school of thought stating that the efforts of humanity to find inherent meaning will ultimately fail (and hence are absurd) because the sheer amount of information, including the vast unknown, makes certainty impossible. As a philosophy, absurdism also explores the fundamental nature of the Absurd and how individuals, once becoming conscious of the Absurd, should react to it.

Absurdism is very closely related to existentialism and nihilism and has its origins in the 19th century Danish philosopher, Søren Kierkegaard, who chose to confront the crisis humans faced with the Absurd by developing existential philosophy. Absurdism as a belief system was born of the European existentialist movement that ensued, specifically when the French Algerian philosopher and writer Albert Camus rejected certain aspects from that philosophical line of thought and published his essay The Myth of Sisyphus. The aftermath of World War II provided the social environment that stimulated absurdist views and allowed for their popular development, especially in the devastated country of France.

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'... in spite of or in defiance of the whole of existence he wills to be himself with it, to take it along, almost defying his torment. For to hope in the possibility of help, not to speak of help by virtue of the absurd, that for God all things are possible – no, that he will not do. And as for seeking help from any other – no, that he will not do for all the world; rather than seek help he would prefer to be himself – with all the tortures of hell, if so it must be.' - Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death

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In absurdist philosophy, the Absurd arises out of the fundamental disharmony between the individual's search for meaning and the apparent meaninglessness of the universe. As beings looking for meaning in a meaningless world, humans have three ways of resolving the dilemma. Kierkegaard and Camus describe the solutions in their works, The Sickness Unto Death (1849) and The Myth of Sisyphus (1942):

1] Suicide (or, "escaping existence"): a solution in which a person simply ends one's own life. Both Kierkegaard and Camus dismiss the viability of this option. Camus states that it does not counter the Absurd, but only becomes more absurd, to end one's own existence.

2] Religious, spiritual, or abstract belief in a transcendent realm, being, or idea: a solution in which one believes in the existence of a reality that is beyond the Absurd, and, as such, has meaning. Kierkegaard stated that a belief in anything beyond the Absurd requires a non-rational but perhaps necessary religious acceptance in such an intangible and empirically unprovable thing (now commonly referred to as a "leap of faith"). However, Camus regarded this solution, and others, as "philosophical suicide".

3] Acceptance of the Absurd: a solution in which one accepts the Absurd and continues to live in spite of it. Camus endorsed this solution, believing that by accepting the Absurd, one can achieve absolute freedom, and that by recognizing no religious or other moral constraints and by revolting against the Absurd while simultaneously accepting it as unstoppable, one could possibly be content from the personal meaning constructed in the process. Kierkegaard, on the other hand, regarded this solution as "demoniac madness": "He rages most of all at the thought that eternity might get it into its head to take his misery from him!"

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io6txqadrFI
Sleepy Sleepers - Et voi tulla rajan taa.
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Videossa näemme [hämärästi] raja-aidan toisella puolella luovutetuilta alueilta paenneen vetreän itä-kalevalaisen heimon edustajia puuhastelemassa muinaisten kulttuuri-harrastustensa parissa. Aidan toisella puolella marssii kommunismi. Rajan taa ei ole enää meneminen. Tulemisesta puhumattakaan. - - Onko jompi kumpi osapuoli 'absurdissa tilassa', vai onko itse 'tila' kokonaisuutena absurdi?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6JZnBcyWps&feature=related

Sleepy Sleepers - Järkee vai ei [1984] HQ - [featuring Stevie Ray Vaughan].
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdism
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdismi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absurdity
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy_of_S%C3%B8ren_Kierkegaard
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Camus
http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleepy_Sleepers
http://vitriolic-vertigo.tumblr.com/