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Existentialism and Intellectual Culture in South Vietnam

The Journal of Asian studies, 2014-05, Vol.73 (2), p.377-395 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014 ;Copyright © 2014 Association for Asian Studies, Inc. ;ISSN: 0021-9118 ;ISSN: 1752-0401 ;EISSN: 1752-0401 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0021911813002349

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Title:
Existentialism and Intellectual Culture in South Vietnam
Author: Gadkar-Wilcox, Wynn
Subjects: 1900-1999 ; Asian studies ; Bad faith ; Buddhism ; Buddhist philosophy ; Camus, Albert ; capitalism ; Colleges & universities ; Communism ; cross-cultural values ; Cultural differences ; Cultural history ; Cultural Pluralism ; Cultural studies ; Cultural values ; East-West relations ; Eclecticism ; Exegesis & hermeneutics ; Existence ; Existentialism ; Faulkner, William (1897-1962) ; French literature ; Intellectuals ; Journals (Academic) ; Literature ; Markets ; periodicals ; Phenomenology ; Philosophy ; Political parties ; Political philosophy ; Politics ; Saigon ; Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980) ; scholarly journals ; Southeast Asian culture ; Southeast Asian literature ; Universities ; Vietnam ; Vietnam War ; Vietnamese literature ; Writers
Is Part Of: The Journal of Asian studies, 2014-05, Vol.73 (2), p.377-395
Description: Among the eclecticism and diversity of the intellectual marketplace in 1960s Saigon, frequent discussions of existentialism stand out. In popular scholarly journals and literary reviews, such as Bách khoa and Đại học, intellectuals, such as Nguyễn Văn Trung and Trần Thái Đỉnh, analyzed the relevance of the works of Malraux, Camus, and Sartre to Buddhism and to the situation of war-torn Vietnam. This article considers two possible reasons why existentialism appealed to intellectuals in South Du's Vietnam. First, it examines whether Vietnamese existentialists were searching for equivalency with Western nations. Second, it discusses how these authors saw existentialism as a useful way to refuse both capitalist and communist political positions.
Publisher: New York, USA: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0021-9118
ISSN: 1752-0401
EISSN: 1752-0401
DOI: 10.1017/S0021911813002349
Source: ProQuest Central

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Existentialism and Intellectual Culture in South Vietnam

Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2014 ;Copyright © 2014 Association for Asian Studies, Inc. ;ISSN: 0021-9118 ;ISSN: 1752-0401 ;EISSN: 1752-0401 ;DOI: 10.1017/S0021911813002349

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