The Age of Atheists: How We Have Sought to Live Since the Death of God (83 page)

equality,
51
,
52
,
334
,
476
,
497
,
506
,
547
,
554

erotic,
269
,
270
,
272
,
407
,
408

errors: illusions distinguished from,
280
–81

Esalen Institute,
409
–10,
413
,
414
,
415
–16

essence,
63
–64,
66
,
223
,
339
–40,
347
,
520

eternal/eternity,
61
,
64
,
68
,
93
,
97
,
99
,
101
,
113
,
522
,
544
–45,
552

“eternal recurrence” doctrine, Nietzsche’s,
26
,
175
,
385

ethics:

“core” of,
516

definition of,
520
,
548

eurhythmics and,
45
–48

evolution and,
516

as guides to behavior,
510

humanistic,
367

as important to meaning,
506

Jewish views about,
378

layers of,
516

morality and,
520
,
548
–49

Nazis and,
314
,
315

and realms of life,
554

situation,
366
–67,
477

and teaching belief system to children,
474

as universal,
366

utilitarian,
514

See also
specific person’s views

eugenics,
139

eurhythmics,
44
,
45
–48

evangelicals,
14
,
15
,
313
,
322

everydayness,
225
,
227
,
236
,
266
,
333
,
334
,
404
,
456
,
499
,
518

evil,
67
,
122
,
132
,
133
,
205
,
373
,
382
,
386
,
389
,
518
,
523
,
543

evolution:

adaptation and,
541

advocacy for,
495

anti-essentialism and,
64

benefits of,
495

biological,
63

and biology as replacement for theological understanding of humanity,
83
–84

creative,
76
–77,
99
,
101
,
122

cultural,
63

ethics and,
516

God and,
471
,
472

and impact of science,
542

importance of,
478

militant atheists’ views about,
7

morality and,
471
,
495
,
548

as naturally occurring process,
7

omega point concept and,
495

pragmatism and,
64
,
65

of religion,
536
,
471
,
474
–75,
479
,
481

as religion,
487
–88

Theosophy and,
168

of trade,
477

universe and,
471

See also
specific person’s views

existence:

aim/purpose of,
211
,
278
,
426

counterculture and,
411

existentialists’ views about,
338
,
339
–40

Jewish views about,
377

life distinguished from,
539

as preceding essence,
339
–40,
347
,
520

rules of,
294

See also
specific person’s views

“existential security,” 11–13,
14
,
19
,
21

existentialism:

Abstract Expressionism and,
398

consequences and,
349
–50

emergence of,
184
,
331

“existence precedes essence” as mantra of,
339
–40,
347

as form of humanism,
335
,
338
,
349

God and,
336
,
337

in Paris,
334
–35,
339

perfection and,
336

phenomenology and,
226

in post–World War II years,
335
–37

proto-,
338
,
340
,
347

spontaneity movement and,
395

as tragic,
349
–50

transcendence and,
337
–39

World War I and,
336

See also
specific person’s views

expectations: diminished,
434
–35

experience:

Abstract Expressionism and,
398

aesthetic,
69

art as,
400

“beat” writing and,
404

counterculture and,
426

dance as,
400
–402

Impressionist art and,
537

minimalism and,
387

modernization as narrowing of,
17
–18

naming and,
552

personality and,
538

phenomenology and,
73

poetry and,
458
–59

postmodernism and,
500

pragmatism and,
64

shadow culture and,
179

Vienna Circle and,
274

and wholeness via juxtaposition,
125
–26

See also
specific person’s views

experts: Roszak’s views about,
426
–27

Expressionism,
35
,
48
–50,
119
–22,
189
,
257
,
394
,
395
,
397
–400,
402
.
See also
Abstract Expressionism;
specific person’s views

extinction: Nagel’s views about,
510

Fabian Society,
99
,
102
,
140

face: Futurists’ views about human,
210

fact/facts,
25
,
258
,
260
,
264
,
266
,
309
,
489
,
499
,
538

factory: as substitute for churches,
217
–18

faith:

belief differentiated from,
514

change in,
546

“escaping” from,
472

in process,
304
–6

religion as based on,
3

right to,
514

unfitness of,
27
–29

“wordless,” 301,
302

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specific person’s views

Faithbook,
18
–19,
21

falsification,
274
,
275

family,
13
,
255
–56,
315
,
411
.
See also
specific person’s views

Farr, Florence,
170
,
172

fascism,
38
,
314
,
317
n,
336
,
346
,
347

fear,
58
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59
,
199
,
276
,
391
,
476
,
543

festivity: as hallmark of religion,
67

“field theories,” 398

final cause: Stevens’s (Wallace) views about,
248

financial crisis of 2008,
18
–19

First World War.
See
World War I

Fitzgerald, F. Scott,
238
,
239
–40,
241
,
243
–44,
546
,
552

Fitzgerald, F. Scott—works by:

“Absolution,” 243

The Beautiful and Damned,
240

“Benediction,” 241

“The Diamond as Big as the Ritz,” 243–44

Echoes of the Jazz Age,
239–40

The Great Gatsby,
240,
243

Tender Is the Night,
240

This Side of Paradise,
238,
241

Fletcher, Joseph,
366
,
367

flow,
94
,
231
,
242
,
426
,
534

Four Palliatives, Freud’s,
283
–85

France:

cults in,
170

in post–World War II years,
334

World War I and,
192

See also
French Revolution; Paris, France

Frankl, Viktor,
369
–71

Frazer, James,
57
n,
167

freedom:

Abstract Expressionism and,
398

counterculture and,
411
,
419
,
424

Futurists and,
117
,
210

machinery and,
117

theothanatology and,
383

See also
specific person’s views

French Revolution,
23
,
165
,
213

Freud, Sigmund,
277
–85

and afterlife,
283

American reception to ideas of,
438

and anxiety,
86
,
87

and art,
88
,
283
,
284
,
292

and authority,
86

Barth and,
313

Bergson compared with,
76
,
77

and children,
86
,
118
,
282
,
284
,
356

and Christianity,
285

and civilization,
282
–83,
284
–85

and community,
294

and consciousness,
292

critics of,
83
,
89

and culture,
279
,
281

Dali’s works and,
198

and death,
279
,
280

death of,
83

depth psychology of,
371

and desire,
544

dreams and,
123

and education,
284

and empiricism,
278
,
290

Freud, Sigmund (
continued
)

and errors,
280
–81

and evolution,
87

and existence,
283

and experience,
278
,
280

and Expressionism,
122

and family,
86
–87,
239
,
255
,
284

and feeling,
271
–72

Four Palliatives of,
283
–85

Frankl and,
369
,
370

Fromm and,
358

and God,
277
–82,
283
,
285

and guilt,
85

and happiness,
283
,
284
,
285
,
434
,
537

and helplessness,
86

and human nature,
130

illness of,
279
,
282

illusions and,
280
–81,
283
,
292

Imago
journal and,
84
–85

influence of,
83
,
89
,
97
,
99
,
352
,
437
,
544

and instinct,
85
,
87
,
118
,
189
,
282
–83,
284
,
292

and interpretation,
294

and intoxication,
283
,
284

Jung and,
285
–86,
288
,
290

and knowledge/knowing,
88

and language,
465

Lasch and,
437

Lawrence’s views about,
269

Liebman’s views about,
353

and life,
282
–83

and literature,
292

and love,
87
,
283
,
284

Mallarmé compared with,
147

May and,
352

metapsychology of,
278
–82

and morality,
292

and nature,
279
–80

and neurosis,
281
,
288
,
290
,
438

Nietzsche compared with,
39

“oceanic feeling” concept of,
271
–72,
282
,
485

Oedipus complex concept of,
87
,
88
,
285
,
290
,
357

palliatives/drugs and,
442

and parent-child relationship,
86
–87,
239
,
282

pastoral counseling and,
361

and perfection,
284
–85

personal and professional background of,
278
–79,
288

pleasure principle and,
282
–83,
370

popularity of,
241
,
330

postmodernism and,
498

and psychoanalysis/psychotherapy,
65
,
83
–89,
279
–82,
438
,
544