Literature, Philosophy, Nihilism: The Uncanniest of Guests
Description
This book charts the history of the concept of nihilism in some of the most important philosophers and literary theorists of the modern and postmodern periods, including Heidegger, Adorno, Blanchot, Derrida, and Vattimo. Weller offers the first in-depth analysis of nihilism's key role in the thinking of the aesthetic since Nietzsche.
Keywords
NIHILISM (PHILOSOPHY)LITERATURE_PHILOSOPHY
2008Book
Author(s)Shane Weller
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN9780230551541
LanguageEnglish
