• Dr. Yogesh Raman Patil

Existentialism is a twentieth century philosophy. It explains life philosophically and literally. It has rejected many traditional values and put forth several new principles. ‘Existence precedes essence’ is considered as the central code of existential thinking. Existentialism has at the very first time explained the absurdity of human existence in the grimy world. Life is meaningless and disorganized. Meaningful existence is possible only through individual choice, freedom, responsibility and subjective reality. Existentialism is a very vast concept and it covers all aspects of life. Believer as well non believer existentialists are found. All literary writers are also divided in several groups. Understanding existentialism fully is almost impossible task. Only reality is that all these intellectuals are busy defining human existence. From there valuable writings we cannot define existentialism but we can certainly find out characteristics of existentialism. This article is an attempt to discuss authenticity and Inauthenticity as characteristic feature of existentialism.

Existentialism, Authenticity, Inauthenticity

"Authenticity and Inauthenticity in relation with Existentialism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 2, page no.1370-1377, February-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2102163.pdf

"Authenticity and Inauthenticity in relation with Existentialism", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 2, page no. pp1370-1377, February-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2102163.pdf