The Banalization of Nihilism: Twentieth-Century Responses to MeaninglessnessSUNY Press, 6 feb 1992 - 196 pagina's After a historical and conceptual overview of the changing face of nihilism in the last century, Carr examines Nietzsche s diagnosis of nihilism as modernity s major crisis. She then compares the responses to nihilism given by the early Karl Barth and by Richard Rorty. To some, nihilism is losing its crisis connotations and becoming simply an unobjectionable characteristic of human life. Carr argues that this transformation ultimately absolutizes community preference and reflects an increasing inability to criticize and change the existing structures of thought. The author contends that the uncritical acceptance of nihilism, which characterizes much of postmodernism, ironically culminates in its complete opposite dogmatism. |
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The Banalization of Nihilism: Twentieth-Century Responses to Meaninglessness Karen Leslie Carr Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1992 |
The Banalization of Nihilism: Twentieth-Century Responses to Meaninglessness Karen L. Carr Gedeeltelijke weergave - 1992 |
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