DESPAIR AND ALIENATION OF MODERN MAN IN SOCIETY

This paper analyzes the literary and philosophical work The Moviegoer, which was written by the American writer Walker Percy. The book itself was strongly influenced by the philosophy and thoughts of the existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. The study solves an existential problem of modern man's alienation, despair and crises in the modern age. Except for Walker Percy's work The Moviegoer I focus solely on Soren Kierkegaard's book Sickness unto Death, especially its concept of despair and self-consciousness.