The New Nihilism
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The New Nihilism

The Existential Crisis of Our Time

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The New Nihilism

The Existential Crisis of Our Time

About this book

In this highly engaging book, Costantino Esposito argues that nihilism is not merely the loss of the classic values of the Western tradition—rather, it presents a critical opportunity to ask pertinent, timely questions about the meaning of self and the world.

Nihilism is a problem that has troubled the culture, philosophy, and worldview of people and societies for more than a century—a problem that seemed, thanks to the advance of cultural relativism, to have become an obvious and globally shared condition. However, in recent years, the conversation around nihilism has begun to change. The questions that nihilism once declared impossible to answer—questions about the ultimate meaning of self and reality, the truth of the person and history, our desire to understand ourselves in relation to the infinite—are reemerging in today's culture and proving to be profound, reasonable, and of vital importance.

In its classical form, nihilism is the loss of values and ideals, but its modern iteration manifests as an irreducible need: more basic but far more challenging. Esposito suggests that rather than being an obstacle, nihilism can become an opportunity to search for true meaning for our experiences in the world. With philosophical rigor, he intercepts and narrates this new phenomenon, focusing on social trends, poetic voices, philosophical and scientific visions, ethical problems, and aesthetic experiences. The New Nihilism unravels and makes sense of the real stakes of the existential crisis of our time.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the American Edition: For a Cartography of the Nihilism of Our Time
  9. CHAPTER 2 Nihilism, Zero Point
  10. CHAPTER 3 Glimmers in the Dark
  11. CHAPTER 4 Intelligence Is Not Autopilot
  12. CHAPTER 5 That Gap between Knowledge and Affection
  13. CHAPTER 6 The Infinity Within
  14. CHAPTER 7 The Vocation of the Flesh
  15. CHAPTER 8 The Gratitude of Being Born
  16. CHAPTER 9 Shock in the Face of Mystery
  17. CHAPTER 10 The Distance between Certainty and Truth
  18. CHAPTER 11 Ask Me If I’m Happy
  19. CHAPTER 12 That Drawing Hidden inside the Fog
  20. CHAPTER 13 On the Desire for Truth
  21. CHAPTER 14 The Duty that Attracts
  22. CHAPTER 15 That Emotion that Dwells in Reason: Inside Out
  23. CHAPTER 16 With What Eyes We Look at the World
  24. CHAPTER 17 The Loss of the Ego, the Reconquest of the Self
  25. CHAPTER 18 An Ambiguous Power: The Technical Face of Nihilism
  26. CHAPTER 19 Rust, Dolores, and the Enigma of Freedom
  27. CHAPTER 20 Rue in Free Fall
  28. CHAPTER 21 Conclusion: What Answers Do We Need?
  29. Bibliography
  30. Index of Names
  31. Index of Terms