Shane Weller
Modernism and Nihilism
- ISBN 13:
- 9780230231047
- author:
- Shane Weller
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 182
- Dimensions:
- 140mm X 216mm
- Genre:
- Popular Philosophy Textbook
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
This book explores the concept of nihilism within the discourses of philosophical and aesthetic modernism. From Nietzsche to Derrida, Flaubert to Borges, it charts the history of how nihilism was deployed in various ways by influential thinkers.
The book considers the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist approaches to nihilism, examining the key ideas and debates that shaped this complex and multifaceted concept.
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