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Intellectual and cultural developments and their relationship to social values and political events existentialism Jean Paul Sartre 1905   Existentialism stated that people have to create meaning for their own lives—not find answers within religion or faith. With no God to help them, people must be their own saviors. Additionally, people must make their own decisions and choices—defining themselves through the actions they make. Jean Paul Sartre, the most notable existentialist was an atheist who stated that human beings “turn up, appear on the scene.” Many people found answers to the Age of Anxiety within existentialism. Existentialism related within social and political events because it told its readers that only they can find meaning in their lives, not religion. This was an impo0rtant movement and intellectual development during the Age of Anxiety. "Jean-Paul Sartre." __NobelPrize.org__. 2003. The Nobel Prize. 19 Apr. 2009 .