Modernism And Nihilism
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Modernism And Nihilism
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Author : S. Weller
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-12-08
Modernism And Nihilism written by S. Weller and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-08 with History categories.
Focusing on a wide range of philosophers and writers, from Nietzsche to Derrida and Flaubert to Borges, this book charts the history of the deployment of the concept of nihilism within the discourses of philosophical and aesthetic modernism and considers the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist approaches to nihilism.
A Taste For The Negative
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Author : Shane Weller
language : en
Publisher: MHRA
Release Date : 2005
A Taste For The Negative written by Shane Weller and has been published by MHRA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Drama categories.
This study examines the relationship between Samuel Beckett and nihilism.
The End Of Modernity
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Author : Gianni Vattimo
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 1992-04-08
The End Of Modernity written by Gianni Vattimo and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-04-08 with Philosophy categories.
Now available in paperback, this book provides an elegant analysis of the philosophical background to the post-modernity debate. Vattimo focuses on the work of Nietzsche and Heidegger and shows how their bitter criticisms of modern European thought prepared the way for more recent proclamations of the end of the modern era. Vattimo pursues questions central to aesthetics and hermeneutic philosophy and sides with contemporary philosophers such as Gadamer and Rorty in rejecting the search for stable and transcendent foundations for knowledge. Going beyond their work he introduces the notions of 'weak thought' and 'weak ontology' which, he argues, offer a way of 'going beyond' metaphysics by curing philosophy of the modernist disease and by resituating questions of truth and being within the realm of human experience.
Nihilism Art Technology
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Author : Sven-Olov Wallenstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Nihilism Art Technology written by Sven-Olov Wallenstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Architecture categories.
Beginning in an analysis of three paradigmatic instances of the encounter between art and technology in modernism, this work analyzes three philosophical responses to the question of nihilism--those of Walter Benjamin, Ernst Jnger, and Martin Heidegger--all of which are characterized by an avant-garde sensibility that looks to art as a way to counter the crisis of modernity.
Nihilism And The Sublime Postmodern
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Author : William Slocombe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Nihilism And The Sublime Postmodern written by William Slocombe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book examines the relationship between nihilism and postmodernism in relation to the sublime, and is divided into three parts: history, theory, and praxis. Arguing against the simplistic division in literary criticism between nihilism and the sublime, the book demonstrates that both are clearly implicated with the Enlightenment. Postmodernism, as a product of the Enlightenment, is therefore implicitly related to both nihilism and the sublime, despite the fact that it is often characterised as either nihilistic or sublime. Whereas prior forms of nihilism are 'modernist' because they seek to codify reality, postmodernism creates a new formulation of nihilism - 'postmodern nihilism' - that is itself sublime. This is explored in relation to a broad survey of postmodern literature in two chapters, the first on aesthetics and the second on ethics. It offers a coherent thesis for reappraising the relationship between nihilism and the sublime, and grounds this argument with frequent references to postmodern literature, making it a book suitable for both researchers and those more generally interested in postmodern literature.
Interbellum Literature
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Author : Cor Hermans
language : en
Publisher: Literary Modernism
Release Date : 2017
Interbellum Literature written by Cor Hermans and has been published by Literary Modernism this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Literary Criticism categories.
In Interbellum Literature Cor Hermans offers an overview of modernist writing in the interwar years. The ideas embodied in the personalities and works of Proust, Woolf, Joyce, Kafka, Musil, Beckett, Celine and others are captured in a new synthesis.
Literature Philosophy Nihilism
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Author : Shane Weller
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-09-11
Literature Philosophy Nihilism written by Shane Weller and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-11 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, including Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche.
Nihilism In Tension
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Author : Martin Sebo
language : en
Publisher: Dissertation.com
Release Date : 2017-09-19
Nihilism In Tension written by Martin Sebo and has been published by Dissertation.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-19 with Religion categories.
One of the pastoral problems of religiosity in Slovakia today is that contemporary Christianity is pervaded by nihil-inclinations. Such inclinations manifest themselves in the loss of orientation and meaning, and a disinterest in Christianity, which has by and large remained on a doctrinal, moralistic, and ritual level without offering a constructive faith response to the 'signs of the times'. This dissertation argues that nihilism is not an entirely negative or morose concept that leaves behind a void or abyss without values, rendering this world meaningless. Nihilism as such is not an absolute (demonizing) danger; rather, it is the failure to adequately engage it that constitutes the pro-nihilizing threat. My analysis of nihilism begins with Nietzsche. In analyzing his texts, I propose my own interpretation of his nihilism. Because of the tensive state of Nietzsche's nihilism, which on the one hand lacks a firm ground of higher values, and on the other, exhibits a recurring tendency to return to these values, I refer to this state as 'nihilism-in-tension'. I suggest that 'nihilism-in-tension' may be conceived as the condition of thought that bears some resemblance to divine kenosis. I argue that kenosis is an appropriate epistemological instrument to disclose the mechanism or unknown function working within 'nihilism-in-tension', and may be described through a transformative kenotic formula ('pro-kenotic-nihil'). To reveal this mechanism, I employ the experiential theory of the sublime as the vantage point from which to uncover the inner constituents of kenosis and 'nihilism-in-tension'. Here I argue that the event which imparts transformative meaning to 'nihilism-in-tension' is the radical imitation of the deepest Christian mystery exemplified in the kenotic life of Christ. This may be expressed in the following formula: nihil and its kenotic radicalization (maximization of nihilism) = annihilation of nihil (negation of nihilism). To apply this mechanism to ecclesial life, I introduce the nada of John of the Cross and the “weak thought” of Gianni Vattimo as two modalities, spiritual and philosophical, that can translate the postmodern condition of 'nihilism-in-tension' into a practical pursuit of wisdom and right relationship. The former transmutes the nihil of 'nihilism-in-tension' from nada to todo, or from self-emptying to union with the divine. The latter transforms the nihil of 'nihilism-in-tension' through the philosophy of “weak thought,” which calls for tentative and non-foundational modes of thought and a weakening of immutable structures. I demonstrate that nada and “weak thought” are appropriate instruments for “weakening” authoritarian church structures and reinterpreting (or rewriting) the tradition in kenotic, inclusive, and dialogical forms. This study demonstrates that the kenotic movement of the nihil of 'nihilism-in-tension' into the nihil of kenosis, or fructifying todo, is a potential pastoral instrument to address the problem of nihil-inclinations in the religious context of Slovakia. It attempts to give some orientation to the local Church by raising awareness of its kenotic origins, and offering its theological, spiritual, and philosophical apparatus to approach the problem.
Defining Modernism
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Author : Andrea Gogröf-Voorhees
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 1999
Defining Modernism written by Andrea Gogröf-Voorhees and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Literary Criticism categories.
Defining Modernism investigates the intellectual connections among three leading nineteenth-century European modernists - Baudelaire, Nietzsche, and Richard Wagner. Through a close reading of Baudelaire's and Nietzsche's essays on art and culture, Wagner's role in the two writers' attempts to define the radically new concept of «modernism» is elucidated. Gogröf-Voorhees explores the affinity between the two writers, which emerges from a juxtaposition of their formulations of the idea of a fractured, contradictory modernity that at once embraces, scatters, and reevaluates an entire constellation of ideas, including romanticism, pessimism, decadence, and nihilism.
The Failure Of Modernism
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Author : Brendan Sweetman
language : en
Publisher: CUA Press
Release Date : 1999
The Failure Of Modernism written by Brendan Sweetman and has been published by CUA Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Philosophy categories.
The contributors to The Failure of Modernism are influenced by the view that modernism has failed, and most of the essays attempt to critique specific features of modernism, often from a more traditional perspective. Modernism in philosophy is characterized by skepticism and anti-realism in epistemology, and by relativism in ethics and politics.