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Violence and Nihilism

Violence and Nihilism

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PhilosophyReligion General

Publisher Price: $21.99

ISBN10: 3111521001
ISBN13: 9783111521008
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Jun 17 2024
Pages: 327
Weight: 1.12
Height: 0.74 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Nihilism seems to be per definition linked to violence. Indeed, if the nihilist is a person who acknowledges no moral or religious authority, then what does stop him from committing any kind of crime? Dostoevsky precisely called attention to this danger: if there is no God and no immortality of the soul, then everything is permitted, even anthropophagy. Nietzsche, too, emphasised, although in different terms, the consequences deriving from the death of God and the collapse of Judeo-Christian morality. This context shaped the way in which philosophers, writers and artists thought about violence, in its different manifestations, during the 20th century.

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