A History of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century: Confrontations with Nothingness

by Jon Stewart

Nihilism - the belief that life is meaningless - is frequently associated with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism and Dadaism, and thought to result from the shocking experiences of the two World Wars and the Holocaust. In his rich and expansive new book, Jon Stewart shows that nihilism's beginnings in fact go back much further to the first half of the nineteenth century. He argues that the true origin of modern nihilism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009266705
• ISBN13: 9781009266703
• Release Date: June 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"