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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Gertz, Nolen (1981-....)
Titre(s) : Nihilism [Texte imprimé] / Nolen Gertz
Publication : Cambridge (Mass.) : the MIT press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (209 p.) ; 18 cm
Collection : The MIT press essential knowledge series
Lien à la collection : MIT press essential knowledge series
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. et bibliogr. p. 191-200. Index
When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant as a compliment. Most of
us associate nihilism with destructiveness and violence. Nihilism means, literally,
"an ideology of nothing. " Is nihilism, then, believing in nothing? Or is it the belief
that life is nothing? Or the belief that the beliefs we have amount to nothing? If
we can learn to recognize the many varieties of nihilism, Nolen Gertz writes, then
we can learn to distinguish what is meaningful from what is meaningless. In this addition
to the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Gertz traces the history of nihilism
in Western philosophy from Socrates through Hannah Arendt and Jean-Paul Sartre. Although
the term "nihilism" was first used by Friedrich Jacobi to criticize the philosophy
of Immanuel Kant, Gertz shows that the concept can illuminate the thinking of Socrates,
Descartes, and others. It is Nietzsche, however, who is most associated with nihilism,
and Gertz focuses on Nietzsche's thought. Gertz goes on to consider what is not nihilism--pessimism,
cynicism, and apathy--and why; he explores theories of nihilism, including those associated
with Existentialism and Postmodernism; he considers nihilism as a way of understanding
aspects of everyday life, calling on Adorno, Arendt, Marx, and prestige television,
among other sources; and he reflects on the future of nihilism. We need to understand
nihilism not only from an individual perspective, Gertz tells us, but also from a
political one
Sujet(s) : Nihilisme (philosophie)
Indice(s) Dewey :
149.8 (23e éd.) = Nihilisme (philosophie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780262537179. - ISBN 0262537176
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45707132z
Notice n° :
FRBNF45707132
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Why does it matter that nothing matters? -- ; What is the history of nihilism? --
; What is (not) nihilism? -- ; What is nihilism? -- ; Where is nihilism? -- ; What
is the future of nihilism? -- ; Glossary.
