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  • In fact, even the term Existenz became increasingly scarce in his post-1945 publications, and it was replaced, to a large extent, by ideas of shared humanity, founded, not in the decisive experiences of inner transformation, but in the resources of culture, tradition and ethically modulated political life.

    Karl Jaspers Thornhill, Chris 2006

  • The term Existenz designates the indefinable experience of freedom and possibility that constitutes the authentic being of individuals who become aware of the encompassing by confronting such limit-situations as chance, suffering, conflict, guilt, and death.

    Archive 2005-11-01 Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

  • The term Existenz designates the indefinable experience of freedom and possibility that constitutes the authentic being of individuals who become aware of the encompassing by confronting such limit-situations as chance, suffering, conflict, guilt, and death.

    Johnson, Jacobi, James, Jaspers Tusar N Mohapatra 2005

  • But when the situation developed, everything turned into a bloody, fleshy, surreal set-up (think of "Existenz" movie, or J.G. Ballard's particularly weird nightmares).

    The Surreal Office 2009

  • Later on, I watched the Jennifer Jason Leigh movie "Existenz" with Tessa on my lap, asleep.

    9/10/03 I'm not sure why 2003

  • Later on, I watched the Jennifer Jason Leigh movie "Existenz" with Tessa on my lap, asleep.

    9/29/03 I am the perfect 2003

  • "Existenz" is also a great, though rather disturbed movie revolving around the question of

    digg.com: Stories / Popular 2008

  • Existenz: Yep, the Haitians kicked the French out, so the French later sent an expeditionary force to reconquer it, until the Haitians promised to pay an indemnity of 60 million francs.

    Matthew Yglesias » Temporary Protected Status for Haitian Immigrants 2010

  • Still, while we may be heading towards a future where comics will be jacked into the backs of our spinal cords Existenz-style, with the individual panels displayed against the insides of our eyeballs, for the nonce this column will concern itself solely with comics that take up physical space, preferably printed on paper.

    Collect This Now! Dance! Kremlin Palace | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009

  • Eib, did you tell the date from Crash that the real action starts on the way home and did the guy from Existenz cry?

    CRONENBERG TAUGHT VIGGO ROUGH SEX 2008

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