The specter of the absurd :
Crosby, Donald A.
The specter of the absurd : sources and criticisms of modern nihilism / by Donald A. Crosby. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1988. - 1 online resource (viii, 456 pages). - SUNY series in philosophy . - SUNY series in philosophy. .
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-438).
Part one : introduction -- Experiencing the absurd -- Types of nihilism -- Part two : arguments for nihilism -- Arguments about God, nature, suffering, and time -- Arguments about reason, will, and other persons -- Part three : a critical look at religious sources of nihilism -- Anthropocentrism, externality of value, and religion as theism -- God's all seeing eye, search for certainty, and deprecation of the world -- Part four : a critical look at philosophical sources of nihilism -- Correspondence-substance and the hegemony of science -- Truth through method and seeds of nihilism in the thought of Descartes -- The subjectivist turn in epistemology, philosophy of language, and ethics -- Social-political individualism, fact-value dichotomy, and primacy of will -- Part five : final appraisal -- The case again nihilism : lessons of refutations.
This book is our century's most comprehensive and wise treatment of nihilism in all of its guises, comparing favorably with Rosen, Cavell, and indeed with Spengler. Crosby argues that our culture is genuinely haunted by nihilism expressing itself in the fideism of fundamentalism as well as in the debilitating alienation from all orientation. This results from a one-sided development of Western culture. The force of the argument derives from its comprehensive, cumulative character. Crosby distinguishes and relates five areas of nihilism: political, moral, epistemological, cosmic, and existential. Throughout the book, he illustrates and examines these as they are expressed in literature and art, in daily life and practical affairs, and in philosophy. The book is richly erudite in its marshalling of consciousness from so many domains.
English.
0585063362 9780585063362
87020917
Nihilism (Philosophy)
Nihilisme (Politique)
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Deconstruction.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--General.
Nihilism (Philosophy)
Das Absurde
Nihilismus
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
B828.3 / .C76 1988eb
149/.8
The specter of the absurd : sources and criticisms of modern nihilism / by Donald A. Crosby. - Albany : State University of New York Press, �1988. - 1 online resource (viii, 456 pages). - SUNY series in philosophy . - SUNY series in philosophy. .
Includes indexes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-438).
Part one : introduction -- Experiencing the absurd -- Types of nihilism -- Part two : arguments for nihilism -- Arguments about God, nature, suffering, and time -- Arguments about reason, will, and other persons -- Part three : a critical look at religious sources of nihilism -- Anthropocentrism, externality of value, and religion as theism -- God's all seeing eye, search for certainty, and deprecation of the world -- Part four : a critical look at philosophical sources of nihilism -- Correspondence-substance and the hegemony of science -- Truth through method and seeds of nihilism in the thought of Descartes -- The subjectivist turn in epistemology, philosophy of language, and ethics -- Social-political individualism, fact-value dichotomy, and primacy of will -- Part five : final appraisal -- The case again nihilism : lessons of refutations.
This book is our century's most comprehensive and wise treatment of nihilism in all of its guises, comparing favorably with Rosen, Cavell, and indeed with Spengler. Crosby argues that our culture is genuinely haunted by nihilism expressing itself in the fideism of fundamentalism as well as in the debilitating alienation from all orientation. This results from a one-sided development of Western culture. The force of the argument derives from its comprehensive, cumulative character. Crosby distinguishes and relates five areas of nihilism: political, moral, epistemological, cosmic, and existential. Throughout the book, he illustrates and examines these as they are expressed in literature and art, in daily life and practical affairs, and in philosophy. The book is richly erudite in its marshalling of consciousness from so many domains.
English.
0585063362 9780585063362
87020917
Nihilism (Philosophy)
Nihilisme (Politique)
PHILOSOPHY--Movements--Deconstruction.
PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--General.
Nihilism (Philosophy)
Das Absurde
Nihilismus
Philosophy.
Philosophy & Religion.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
B828.3 / .C76 1988eb
149/.8