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The Nihilist Order
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Author : Dāwid Ôḥānā
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Nihilist Order written by Dāwid Ôḥānā and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Nihilism / History / 19th century categories.
The Nihilist Order
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Author : Daṿid Oḥanah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Nihilist Order written by Daṿid Oḥanah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Art categories.
The Nihilist Order
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Author : David Ohana
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2016
The Nihilist Order written by David Ohana and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with History categories.
The explosive combination of nihilist leanings together with a craving for totalitarianism was an ideal of philosophers, cultural critics, political theorists, engineers, architects and aesthetes long before it materialised in flesh and blood, not only in technology, but also in fascism, Nazism, bolshevism and radical European political movements. The Nihilist Order, originally published in three hardcover volumes and now published in a consolidated paperback edition with an encompassing new Introduction, inspired excellent review endorsements, both amongst the academic and public spheres -- and has been heralded as a great achievement in European intellectual and cultural history.
The Dawn Of Political Nihilism
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Author : Professor David Ohana
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2008-12-04
The Dawn Of Political Nihilism written by Professor David Ohana and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-04 with Political Science categories.
In the turbulent period between 1870 and 1930, the contours on modernity were taking shape, especially the connections between technology, politics and aesthetics. The trilogy The Nihilist Order traces the genealogy of the nihilist-totalitarian syndrome. Until now, nihilism and totalitarianism were considered opposites: one an orderless state of affairs, the other a strict regimented order. On closer scrutiny, however, a surprising affinity can be found between these two concepts that dominated the history of the first half of the twentieth century. Starting with Nietzsche's philosophy, this book traces the development of an intellectual school characterised by the paradoxical dual purpose of a wish to destroy, coupled with a strong desire to create imposing structures. This explosive combination of nihilist leanings together with a craving for totalitarianism was an ideal of philosophers, cultural critics, political theorists, engineers, architects and aesthetes long before it materialised in flesh and blood, not only in technology, but also in fascism, Nazism, bolshevism and radical European political movements. Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Sorel, the Italian Futurists, led by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and Ernst Jünger were all well-known intellectual and cultural figures. Here they are seen and understood in a different light, as creators of a modern political mythology that became a source of inspiration for belligerent ideological camps. Among the ideas propagated by this school, and later adopted by totalitarian regimes, were historical nihilism, a revolt against the rationalistic and universalistic pretensions of the Enlightenment, an affirmation of the dynamism of modern life, and the replacement of the traditional Judeo-Christian values of good and evil by other dualities such as authenticity and decadence. Concurrently there took place affirmation of the technological era, the creation of a 'new man' and a violent order, and the birth of a new political style in place of traditional world-views. When channelled into the political sphere, these aesthetic nihilist ideas paved the way for the rise of totalitarianism.
The Nihilist Order
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Author : Daṿid Oḥanah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Nihilist Order written by Daṿid Oḥanah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
Dawn Of Political Nihilism
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Author : David Ohana
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012
Dawn Of Political Nihilism written by David Ohana and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Nihilism categories.
In the turbulent period between 1870 and 1930, the contours on modernity were taking shape, especially the connections between technology, politics and aesthetics. The trilogy The Nihilist Order traces the genealogy of the nihilist-totalitarian syndrome. Until now, nihilism and totalitarianism were considered opposites: one an orderless state of affairs, the other a strict regimented order. On closer scrutiny, however, a surprising affinity can be found between these two concepts that dominated the history of the first half of the twentieth century. Starting with Nietzsche's philosophy, this book traces the development of an intellectual school characterized by the paradoxical dual purpose of a wish to destroy, coupled with a strong desire to create imposing structures. This explosive combination of nihilist leanings together with a craving for totalitarianism was an ideal of philosophers, cultural critics, political theorists, engineers, architects and aesthetes long before it materialized in flesh and blood, not only in technology, but also in fascism, Nazism, bolshevism and radical European political movements. Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Sorel, the Italian Futurists, led by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, and Ernst J nger were all well-known intellectual and cultural figures. Here they are seen and understood in a different light, as creators of a modern political mythology that became a source of inspiration for belligerent ideological camps. Among the ideas propagated by this school, and later adopted by totalitarian regimes, were historical nihilism, a revolt against the rationalistic and universalistic pretensions of the Enlightenment, an affirmation of the dynamism of modern life, and the replacement of the traditional Judeo-Christian values of good and evil by other dualities such as authenticity and decadence. Concurrently there took place affirmation of the technological era, the creation of a 'new man' and a violent order, and the birth of a new political style in place of traditional world-views. When channeled into the political sphere, these aesthetic nihilist ideas paved the way for the rise of totalitarianism.
The Nihilist Order
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Author : Daṿid Oḥanah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
The Nihilist Order written by Daṿid Oḥanah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Homo Mythicus
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Author : David Ohana
language : en
Publisher: ISBS
Release Date : 2009
Homo Mythicus written by David Ohana and has been published by ISBS this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with History categories.
In the turbulent period between 1870 and 1930, the contours of modernity were taking shape, especially the connections between technology, politics, and aesthetics. The trilogy The Nihilist Order traces the genealogy of the nihilist-totalitarian syndrome. Georges Sorel (1847-1922) was the first political philosopher to develop a systematic theory of political myth: one that had profound impact on radical leaders and totalitarian movements of the 20th century. While he was a highly respected by early political sociologist, his writings transcended disciplinary boundaries in their creation of a modern political mythology. Believing that ideology was too abstract, general, and ineffective to be instrumental in the political mobilization of the masses, Sorel formulated the myth of the general strike. According to his theory of social psychology, people are socialized not by means of ideology, but through a common experience of action. This idea was adopted to great effect in the following years by revolutionary syndicalism, fascism, and bolshevism. Sorel's problem was one that is well understood by the social thinkers of today: that of revitalizing a political arena and a social structure which he felt to be dominated by an inauthentic degenerate search for a tranquil bourgeois existence. The myth of violence, he believed, would reinvigorate the militancy of both socialism and nationalism and spur these on to a new and dynamic course of action. Sorelian myth should be understood in a new way, not as a means to some ideological purpose, but to a mobilization of heroic action, seen as an end in itself. This is the focus of Homo Mythicus: Volume II of The Nihilist Order.
The Nihilist Order
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Author : Daṿid Oḥanah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Nihilist Order written by Daṿid Oḥanah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with categories.
The Futurist Syndrome
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Author : David Ohana
language : en
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Release Date : 2010
The Futurist Syndrome written by David Ohana and has been published by Liverpool University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Art categories.
In the turbulent period between 1870 and 1930, the contours on modernity were taking shape, especially the connections between technology, politics, and aesthetics. The trilogy The Nihilist Order traces the genealogy of the nihilist-totalitarian syndrome. The Futurist Syndrome, the third volume of the trilogy, deals with three variants of the avant-garde artistic movements of European Futurism and their fascination with totalitarian regimes. These movements, represented here by their leaders, are: Italian Futurism and fascism, represented by Marinetti; Russian Cubo-Futurism and bolshevism, represented by Mayakovsky; and English Vorticism and its glorification of Hitler, represented by Wyndham Lewis. The Italian futurist movement typified the double image of modernism. Worshipping the major features of the modern age such as dynamism, speed, and industrial and urban aesthetics, they added ideological concepts such as "heroic technology" and "mechanized warfare." The Russian version of Futurism joined hands with local revolutionaries in an attempt to destroy the old world and bring about modernization, yet ironically used irrational religious terminology to explain its purpose. Using nihilistic language, Mayakovsky's revolutionary poetry opposed bourgeois imagery and mythologized the Russian people and Lenin. The third case study, Wyndham Lewis, was a renowned painter, writer, editor, and cultural critic. His artistic movement, Vorticism, the English version of futurism, and his glorifying portrayal of the Nazi dictator, Hitler (1931), exemplified the two faces of Fascism: esthetic nihilism within a totalitarian structure. These three examples, while different and tied to their particular nationalities, show that the artistic principles of the futurist syndrome had universal appeal and created a climate of opinion that paved the way for the rise of European totalitarianism.