Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Capitalistic existentialism


 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was   delete. Cirt (talk) 00:23, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

Capitalistic existentialism

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I hate to bring an article to AfD with whose subject I am not familiar, and which is amply referenced, but there are few if any Google hits for the exact phrase "capitalistic existentialism", making it difficult to find sources on the topic, which in turn puts notability in doubt. At a glance, the article, which is the sole contribution of new user, is a copy-pasted original work which synthesizes the work of existentialist and capitalist intellectuals. This interpretation is lent weight by the Further Reading section, which is divided into Existentialism and Capitalism, with nothing on the purported "Capitalistic Existentialism". The formatting of the text and the obvious unencyclopedic tone suggest copypasting from elsewhere, which raises the question of copyright, but Google does not find a match online. The referenced website Noahdenkt.com contains a dialogue in German called "Zur Begrűndung einer Philosophie des kapitalistischen Existenzialismus" (roughly, Towards the Foundation of a Philosophy of Capitalistic Existentialism), which contains a passage asking whether the author made it all up himself: "F: Hat Noah denkt™ diesen kapitalistischen Existenzialismus selbst entwickelt? Nd: Nein, vielmehr ist es so, dass unser kapitalistischer Existenzialismus die ökonomischen Theorien des österreichischen Wirtschaftswissenschaftlers Joseph Schumpeter aufgreift, und sie mit der Sartreschen Űberzeugung verbindet, dass man im Leben eine bisweilen auch lebensbedrohliche Position beziehen muss, wenn man dem Wahren, Guten wirklich dienen will."

I'm not exactly arguing for deletion, so much as asking what we should do with this. If someone can relieve me of my ignorance on the topic and find reliable secondary sources on this topic, I will gladly withdraw this AfD. the skomorokh 21:45, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete -- after some close consideration and the thoughtful nomination. This is not nonsense, but has been copy-pasted into wikipedia without academic context or pertinent sources.  I don't think it belongs here.  --Lockley (talk) 22:03, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Doesn't seem like a notable expression. It could be restarted with better sources. Northwestgnome (talk) 22:06, 26 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Philosophy-related deletion discussions.   --  Fabrictramp  |  talk to me  15:41, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete personal essay on NN topic.MisarxistTM 10:28, 29 September 2008 (UTC)


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