‟There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.”
–Albert Camus
Absurdism is a moral and political philosophy by Albert Camus. Absurdism is a philosophy that explore the "Absurd" in the life of an individual created tendency to seek inherent value and meaning in life and the inability to find one, for this it works as a bridge between Existentialism and Nihilism. Absurdism believes that the individual should face the Absurd and the fact that all acts of meaning-making are only transient and personal and they will eventually be nullified by death.
Absurdism rejects suicide as a way to end the Absurdity of life since the act of ending one's own life is more Absurd than facing the Absurd, it also reject the act of finding meaning in a reality beyond the absurd with the help Religious or Spiritual belief since, for Kierkegaard, this would need an illogical "leap" in the intangible and empirically unprovable and, for Camus, this solution (and others similar ones) are considered "philosophical suicide".
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Absurdism is a philosophical theory that states that the universe is irrational and meaningless, and that the human quest for meaning and value is doomed to fail. Absurdism arises from the conflict or discrepancy between two things: the human desire to find meaning and the reality that no such meaning exists. This conflict can take different forms, such as the clash between rational man and an irrational universe, between intention and outcome, or between subjective assessment and objective worth. Absurdism claims that the world as a whole is absurd, not just some particular situations or aspects of life.
Absurdism was developed by the French-Algerian writer and philosopher Albert Camus in the 20th century, who was influenced by 
existentialism and 
nihilism, two related philosophies that also deal with the meaninglessness of life. Camus argued that humans face a fundamental dilemma: either they accept the absurdity of life and live in defiance of it, or they try to escape it by resorting to suicide, religion, or other forms of illusion. Camus rejected both suicide and religion as irrational and cowardly responses to the absurd, and advocated for a third option: rebellion. Rebellion means acknowledging the absurdity of life, but refusing to give up on it. It means living passionately and authentically, without hope or despair, and creating one's own meaning and value in a meaningless world.
Absurdism has been expressed in various forms of art and literature, such as novels, plays, poems, films, and music. Some examples of absurdist works are Camus' own The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, and The Plague; Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot and Endgame; Franz Kafka's The Trial and The Metamorphosis; Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit and Nausea; Eugene Ionesco's The Bald Soprano and Rhinoceros; Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle; Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and A Clockwork Orange; Monty Python's Flying Circus and The Meaning of Life; Radiohead's OK Computer and Kid A; and many others.
Absurdism is a challenging and provocative philosophy that questions the assumptions and values of human civilization. It confronts us with the harsh reality of our existence and invites us to create our own meaning in a chaotic world. Absurdism does not offer any easy answers or solutions, but rather encourages us to embrace the absurd as a source of freedom and creativity.
In a political context Absurdism is an anarchist ideology that advocate for the individual to be free so that he can act in a way that create meaning for him, while not necessarily an 
Egoist, it often adopts individualist praxis. Absurdism also advocate to the rejection of every form of religion and the dedication from the individuals in philosophy and other mean-making acts. For last, since it believes that the life of an individual is the only period where he can face the absurd and create his own meaning, Absurdism aims to lengthen his life, and even abolish death, since death it's not the thing that makes the life of an individual meaningful but the thing that abolish all meaning.
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Nihilism - Despite the fact that you understand that human has no inherent purpose, you do not embrace reality as it is and tries to justify immoral behaviors because of it.
Existentialism - Absurdity is not something that can be overcomed by individual decisions. Also I hate being confused with you.
Promortalism - Man must live and create.
Christianity - You are afraid of dealing with the absurd and invent grand narratives to distract you.
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- The Myth of Sisyphus
- Dark Ecological Comedy by
Julian Langer
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