Friedrich Nietzsche and European Nihilism 1st Edition by Paul Van Tongeren ISBN 1527508803 9781527508804

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ISBN 10: 1527508803 
ISBN 13: 9781527508804
Author: Paul Van Tongeren
 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.

Friedrich Nietzsche and European Nihilism 1st Table of contents:

• Chapter 1: Nietzsche’s Critique of Traditional Values

  • The Death of God
  • Morality, Religion, and Metaphysics
  • Nietzsche’s Attack on Christian Ethics

• Chapter 2: The Concept of Nihilism

  • Nihilism in Nietzsche’s Writings
  • Active and Passive Nihilism
  • The Will to Power and its Connection to Nihilism

• Chapter 3: Nietzsche and the Overcoming of Nihilism

  • The Idea of the Übermensch (Overman)
  • Eternal Recurrence and the Affirmation of Life
  • Art, Tragedy, and the Aesthetic Solution to Nihilism

• Chapter 4: Nietzsche’s Influence on European Thought

  • Nietzsche and the Existentialists (Sartre, Heidegger, Camus)
  • The Impact on Continental Philosophy
  • Nietzsche’s Influence on Postmodernism

• Chapter 5: Nihilism in Modern Europe: A Legacy of Nietzsche?

  • Nihilism in Politics and Culture
  • The Crisis of Meaning in the 20th and 21st Centuries
  • The Relevance of Nietzsche’s Thought in Contemporary Europe

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