The Void: An Existential-Political Analysis

By Paul Fairfield

Examines the existential void at the heart of modern life.

Nihilism is a multidimensional phenomenon of which numerous philosophers of existence provided an incisive interpretation, if not of the phenomenon as a whole then of some aspect of it. The theme of this study is the existential vacuum at the heart of modern life. From many quarters and for some time now, we have heard that the modern Western world has reached a kind of endpoint. Is this true? Among the reasons this collection of writers remains relevant is their perceptive interpretation of the times in which they lived. The thinkers on whom this study focuses--Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Gabriel Marcel, Karl Jaspers, Albert Camus, and Martin Heidegger--were among the foremost cultural diagnosticians of their time. In each instance their writings shed about as much light on our century as on their own.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HPWFF5TG
• ISBN13: 9798855813050
• Release Date: May 2027
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher