Fatalism is the theme of people who cannot separate from limit-situations.

Evidence

Intrinsically, these contradictions constitute limit-situations, involve themes, and indicate tasks. If individuals are caught up in and are unable to separate themselves from these limit-situations, their theme in reference to these situations is fatalism, and the task implied by the theme is the lack of a task. Thus, although the limit-situations are objective realities which call forth needs in individuals, one must investigate with these individuals their level of awareness of these situations. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 327

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines ‘limit-situation’ and its companion fatalism — the state banking education exploits.
• XREF: connects to: A lifelong death-threat shaped Jaspers’ whole philosophy of limit situations — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 275