The experience of nothingness
By: Michael Novak
Series: Harper Colophon books/CN 239
Publisher: Harper & Row
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780060902391
Copyright date: 1970
Subjects: Nothing (Philosophy); Nihilism (Philosophy); Revolutions; Experience; Het niets; Nihilisme
Description: In this work, the author has two objectives. First, he shows the paths by which the experience of nothingness is becoming common among all those who live in free societies. Second, he details the various experiences that lead to the nothingness point of view. Most discussions of these matters have been so implicated in the European experience that the term "nihilism" has a European ring. This author, however, articulates this experience of formlessness in an American context.
Notes: "First Harper Colophon edition published 1971."
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. The experience of nothingness. The pursuit of happiness?; title: The experience of America; title: In Europe : Nihilism; title: The four myths of the University; title: Story, myth, and horizon; title: pt. 2. The source of the experience. America's commitment to objectivity; title: Three doubts about objectivity; title: The drive to raise questions; title: Honesty and freedom; title: Courage and community; title: pt. 3. Inventing the self. Action is dramatic; title: Decision lies with discernment; title: Three myths of the self; title: Truth is subjectivity; title: pt. 4. Myths and institutions. The sense of reality; title: The tool; title: Politics and consciousness; title: Nothingness and reality.