Nihilism

by Nolen Gertz

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262537176
• ISBN13: 9780262537179
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 6.9"