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The banalization of nihilism : twentieth-century responses to meaninglessness /
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. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Albany :
State University of New York Press,
©1992.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 opposition- dogmatism. |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Stanford University, 1989) under the title: The birth, baptism, and banalization of nihilism. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 196 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-192) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585087431 9780585087436 |