Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism: The Uncanniest of Guests
Language: English
Epistemology Hermeneutics Historical History & Surveys Language Arts & Disciplines Linguistics Literary Criticism Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945) Philosophy Semiotics & Theory
Publisher: Springer
Published: Sep 11, 2008
Description:
This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, including Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche.