The Banalization of Nihilism

The Banalization of Nihilism
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 208
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ISBN-10 : 9780791498521
ISBN-13 : 0791498522
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Download or read book The Banalization of Nihilism written by Karen L. Carr and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1992-02-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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