Modernism and Nihilism

by Shane Weller

Book Overview

At the heart of some of the most influential strands of philosophical, political, and aesthetic modernism lies the conviction that modernity is fundamentally nihilistic. This book offers a wide-ranging critical history of the concept of nihilism from its origins in French Revolutionary discourse to its place in recent theorizations of the postmodern. Key moments in that history include the concept's appropriation by political activists in mid-nineteenth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230231047
• ISBN13: 9780230231047
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"