DE Weekly: Bergman, The Seventh Seal, & The Dance Macabre

More than anything, Existentialism arose as a profound symptom of its time. In the mid-twentieth century––amid a torrent of war and of tumult and of death unlike anything seen before in history––its philosophers turned their attention to the “Why?” of it all.

In a world ravaged by suffering, what are we to do? Where can we find meaning when God seems silent and the inevitability of death so prescient?