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An examination of the meaning of meaninglessness: why it matters that nothing matters.When 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, “an ideology of nothing. “ 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. From the book:" < >Nihilism, not unlike time (according to Augustine) or porn (according to the U.S. Supreme Court), is one of those concepts that we are all pretty sure we know the meaning of unless someone asks us to define it. Nihil means “nothing.” -ism means “ideology.” Yet when we try to combine these terms, the combination seems to immediately refute itself, as the idea that nihilism is the “ideology of nothing” appears to be non

Who reads Nihilism (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)?

Author

(éditeur). Nolen Gertz

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262537179

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Philosophy, History, Humanities

Rating

4.4 / 5 (121 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14