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Nihilism - nīˈəlĭzəm, theory of revolution popular among Russian extremists until the fall of the czarist government (1917); the theory was given its name by Ivan Turgenev in his novel Fathers and Sons (1861). Nihilism stressed the need to destroy existing economic and social institutions, whatever the projected nature of the better order for which the


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    A Genealogy of Nihilism: Philosophies of Nothing and the Difference of Theology » Read Now

    by Conor Cunningham. 317 pgs.

    This text re-reads Western history in the light of nihilistic logic, which pervades two millennia of Western thought. From Parmenides to Alain Badiou, via Plotinus, Avicenna, Duns Scotus, Ockham, Descartes, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Heidegger, Sartre, Lacan, Deleuze and Derrida, a genealogy of...
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    The Self-Overcoming of Nihilism » Read Now

    by Setsuko Aihara, Nishitani Keiji, Graham Parkes. 240 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
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    The Plain Sense of Things: The Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism » Read Now

    by James C. Edwards. 247 pgs.

    ...Fate of Religion in an Age of Normal Nihilism James C. Edwards The Pennsylvania...fate of religion in an age of normal nihilism / James C. Edwards. p. cm. Includes...paper...
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    Waiting for Godot in Sarajevo: Theological Reflections on Nihilism, Tragedy, and Apocalypse » Read Now

    by David Toole. 334 pgs.

    Using as his backdrop Susan Sontag's staging of Act I of Waiting for Godot in war-torn Sarajevo, the author attempts to come to terms with what it means to live a dignified life in a world of suffering.
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    The Death of God and the Meaning of Life » Read Now

    by Julian Young. 236 pgs.

    What is the meaning of life? In the post-modern, post-religious scientific world, this question is becoming a preoccupation. But it also has a long history: many major figures in philosophy had something to say on the subject, as Julian Young so vividly illustrates in this thought-provoking...
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    Nihilism of John Dewey » Read Now

    by Paul K. Crosser. 246 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    ...THE NIHILISM OF JOHN DEWEY PAUL K. CROSSER THE NIHILISM OF JOHN DEWEY PHILOSOPHICAL LIBRARY NEW YORK Copyright, 1955, by Philosophical Library, Inc. 15 East 40th Street...
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    Culture and Self: Philosophical and Religious Perspectives, East and West (Chap. Eight "Nietzsche and Nishitani on Nihilism and Tradition") » Read Now

    by Douglas Allen, Ashok Malhotra. 184 pgs.

    Traditional scholars of philosophy & religion, both East & West, often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of "the self." In recent decades, there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self, but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical, objective, essential self free...
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    Foucault and Heidegger: Critical Encounters ("Heidegger and Foucault: Escaping Technological Nihilism" begins on p. 55, and "Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Foucault: Nihilism and Beyond" begins on p. 74) » Read Now

    by Alan Milchman, Alan Rosenberg. 368 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Michel Foucault and Martin Heidegger are two of the most important intellectual figures of the twentieth century, and yet there are significant, largely unexplored questions about the relationship between their projects. Foucault and Heidegger stages a crucial critical encounter between these two...
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    Wittgenstein: Philosophy, Postmodernism, Pedagogy (Chap. 7 "Metanarratives, Nihilism, and the End of Metaphysics: Wittgenstein and Lyotard") » Read Now

    by Michael Peters, James Marshall. 232 pgs.

    Peters and Marshall examine the parallels between the later Wittgenstein and French poststructuralism and investigate the direct appropriation of Wittgenstein's work by poststructuralists. They discuss the most pressing problems facing philosophy and education in the postmodern condition:...
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    Radical Orthodoxy: A New Theology (Chap. 4 "Nihilism: Heidegger and the Grounds of Redemption") » Read Now

    by John Milbank, Catherine Pickstock, Graham Ward. 286 pgs.

    Radical Orthodoxy is a new wave of theological thinking that aims to reclaim the world by situating its concerns and activities within a theological framework, re-injecting modernity with theology.This collection of papers is essential reading for anyone eager to understand religion, theology, and philosophy in a completely new light.
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    Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction (Chap. 5 "What Is to Be Done? How to Respond to Nihilism") » Read Now

    by Simon Critchley. 149 pgs.

    Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library
    Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition. He discusses the ideas and approaches of philosophers such as Kant...
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