Author: Keiji Nishitani
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791404386
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The first English translation (by Graham Parker, with Setsuko Aihara) of a forty-year-old Japanese classic--Nishitani's treatment of the problem of nihilism, with particular reference to Nietzsche's philosophical ideas, and from a perspective influenced by Buddhist thought. Paper edition (unseen), $14.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Keiji Nishitani
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438414757
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Translation of an important work by the contemporary Japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani.
Author: Keiji Nishitani
Publisher: Suny Press
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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Translation of an important work by the contemporary Japanese philosopher Keiji Nishitani.
Author: Bernard REGINSTER
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674042646
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 327
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While most recent studies of Nietzsche's works have lost sight of the fundamental question of the meaning of a life characterized by inescapable suffering, Bernard Reginster's book The Affirmation of Life brings it sharply into focus. Reginster identifies overcoming nihilism as a central objective of Nietzsche's philosophical project, and shows how this concern systematically animates all of his main ideas.
Author: Paul van Tongeren
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1527521591
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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This book is a thorough study of Nietzsche’s thoughts on nihilism, the history of the concept, the different ways in which he tries to explain his ideas on nihilism, the way these ideas were received in the 20th century, and, ultimately, what these ideas should mean to us. It begins with an exploration of how we can understand the strange situation that Nietzsche, about 130 years ago, predicted that nihilism would break through one or two centuries from then, and why, despite the philosopher describing it as the greatest catastrophe that could befall humankind, we hardly seem to be aware of it, let alone be frightened by it. The book shows that most of us are still living within the old frameworks of faith, and, therefore, can hardly imagine what it would mean if the idea of God (as the summit and summary of all our epistemic, moral, and esthetic beliefs) would become unbelievable. The comfortable situation in which we live allows us to conceive of such a possibility in a rather harmless way: while distancing ourselves from explicit religiosity, we still maintain the old framework in our scientific and humanistic ideals. This book highlights that contemporary science and humanism are not alternatives to, but rather variations of the old metaphysical and Christian faith. The inconceivability of real nihilism is elaborated by showing that people either do not take it seriously enough to feel its threat, or – when it is considered properly – suffer from the threat, and by this very suffering prove to be attached to the old nihilistic structures. Because of this paradoxical situation, this text suggests that the literary imagination might bring us closer to the experience of nihilism than philosophy ever could. This is further elaborated with the help of a novel by Juli Zeh and a play by Samuel Beckett. In the final chapter of the book, Nietzsche’s life and philosophy are themselves interpreted as a kind of literary metaphorical presentation of the answer to the question of how to live in an age of nihilism.
Author: Keiji Nishitani
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520043299
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Author: Karen L. Carr
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791408346
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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After a historical and conceptual overview of the changing face of nihilism in the last century, Carr examines Nietzsches diagnosis of nihilism as modernitys major crisis. She then compares the responses to nihilism given by the early Karl Barth and by Richard Rorty. 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 oppositedogmatism.
Author: Fred Evans
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 143840218X
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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Author: John Marmysz
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791486281
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Disputing the common misconception that nihilism is wholly negative and necessarily damaging to the human spirit, John Marmysz offers a clear and complete definition to argue that it is compatible, and indeed preferably responded to, with an attitude of good humor. He carefully scrutinizes the phenomenon of nihilism as it appears in the works, lives, and actions of key figures in the history of philosophy, literature, politics, and theology, including Nietzsche, Heidegger, Camus, and Mishima. While suggesting that there ultimately is no solution to the problem of nihilism, Marmysz proposes a way of utilizing the anxiety and despair that is associated with the problem as a spur toward liveliness, activity, and the celebration of life.
Author: Taitetsu Unno
Publisher: Jain Publishing Company
ISBN: 089581871X
Category : Sunyata
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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A collection of essays by scholars, theologians, and students originating from a symposium held to discuss the religious philosophy of one of the great 20th century religious philosophers of Japan. The topics cover the meaning of emptiness in relation to God, science, ethics and history.
