Can someone the difference between these two concepts and if possible, how they pertain to humour?
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I’m not sure what you’re asking, because absurdism is a philosophical standpoint and surrealism is a fine art genre.
Absurdism would basically be believing that everything is ridiculous, including the desire to find meaning in anything. It is close to existentialism in attitude, but existentialism is a belief that we as humans have the right to decide meaning despite there being none.
An absurdist is an existentialist with a sense of humor, I suppose. Where an existentialist attributes meaning, the absurdist laughs at them for it.
Surrealism, to my knowledge, may have philosophical attributes but isn’t a philosophy in and of itself.
Surrealism involves presenting images that come from the unconscious mind, and that are in a sense our inner reality.
Abusurdism involves presenting images that are intentionally ridiculous, sometimes for their surprise value, sometimes as a way of mocking society.
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