Modernism and Nihilism [electronic resource] /
Weller, S.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. Philosophical modernism and nihilism -- pt. 2. Aesthetic modernism and nihilism -- pt. 3. Postmodernism and nihilism.
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.
Europe-History.
History, Modern.
Philosophy.
History.
Social history.
Civilization-History.
European History.
Modern History.
History of Philosophy.
History of Science.
Social History.
Cultural History.