Modernism and Nihilism by S. Weller (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Modernism and Nihilism by S. Weller Focusing on a wide range of philosophers and writers, from Nietzsche to Derrida and Flaubert to Borges, this book charts the history of the deployment of the concept of nihilism within the discourses of philosophical and aesthetic modernism and considers the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist approaches to nihilism. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Focusing on a wide range of philosophers and writers, from Nietzsche to Derrida and Flaubert to Borges, this book charts the history of the deployment of the concept of nihilism within the discourses of philosophical and aesthetic modernism and considers the similarities and differences between modernist and postmodernist approaches to nihilism. Author Biography SHANE WELLER is Professor of Comparative Literature and Co-Director of the Centre for Modern European Literature at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include A Taste for the Negative: Beckett and Nihilism (2005), Beckett, Literature, and the Ethics of Alterity (2006), and Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism: The Uncanniest of Guests (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008). Table of Contents Introduction: Modernity, Modernism, Nihilism PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL MODERNISM AND NIHILISM From the French Revolution to Nietzsche Nietzsches Long Shadow PART II: AESTHETIC MODERNISM AND NIHILISM From Flaubert to Dada Kafka and After PART III: POSTMODERNISM AND NIHILISM Our Only Chance? Bibliography Index Long Description At the heart of some of the most influential strands of philosophical, political, and aesthetic modernism lies the conviction that modernity is fundamentally nihilistic. This book offers a wide-ranging critical history of the concept of nihilism from its origins in French Revolutionary discourse to its place in recent theorizations of the postmodern. Key moments in that history include the concepts appropriation by political activists in mid-nineteenth-century Russia, by Nietzsche in the 1880s, by the European avant-garde and high modernists in the early decades of the twentieth century, by conservative revolutionaries in Germany in the interwar years, and by major theorists in the post-Holocaust period. Focusing in particular on the abiding impact of Nietzsches claim that art is the only superior counterforce to nihilism, Weller argues that an understanding of modernism (and, indeed, of postmodernism) is impossible without a reflection upon the decisive role played by the concept of nihilism therein. Description for Bookstore Charts the history of the use of nihilism in philosophical and aesthetic modernism, focusing on Details ISBN0230231039 Year 2010 ISBN-10 0230231039 ISBN-13 9780230231030 Media Book Format Hardcover Short Title MODERNISM & NIHILISM Language English Publication Date 2010-12-08 Pages 182 DEWEY 149.8 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations VII, 182 p. UK Release Date 2010-12-08 AU Release Date 2010-12-08 NZ Release Date 2010-12-08 Author S. Weller Publisher Palgrave Macmillan Alternative 9780230231047 Audience Professional & Vocational Series Modernism and... We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97215630;

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