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100	1		_aGertz, Nolen, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aNihilism / _cNolen Gertz.
264		1	_aCambridge, Massachusetts : _bThe MIT Press, _c[2019]
300			_a209 pages ; _c18 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
490	1		_aThe MIT Press essential knowledge series.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aSeries foreword -- Why does it matter that nothing, matters? -- What is the history of nihilism? -- What is (not) nihilism? -- What is nihilism? -- Where is nihilism? -- What is the future of nihilism? -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Index.
520			_aWhen 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, zan ideology of nothing. z 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 znihilismy 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.
650		0	_aNihilism (Philosophy)
830		0	_aMIT Press essential knowledge series.
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