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180916s2019 mau b 001 0 eng |
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2018043231 |
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International Standard Book Number |
9780262537179 |
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B828.3 |
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.G47 2019 |
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149.8 |
Edition number |
23 |
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GER-N |
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
Personal name |
Gertz, Nolen |
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
Nihilism |
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by Nolen Gertz. |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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London : |
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MIT Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
©2019 |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
209 p. ; |
Dimensions |
18 cm. |
490 ## - SERIES STATEMENT |
Series statement |
The MIT Press essential knowledge series |
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-202) and index. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
Title |
1. Why does it matter that nothing matters? |
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2. What is the history of nihilism? |
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3. What is (not) nihilism? |
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4. What is nihilism? |
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5. Where is nihilism? |
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6. What is the future of nihilism? |
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
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. |
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Nihilism (Philosophy) |
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