A history of nihilism in the nineteenth century : confrontations with nothingness / Jon Stewart, Slovak Academy of Sciences.

Author: Stewart, Jon (Jon Bartley) author.

ImprintCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Descriptionxi, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Note:Introduction -- Jean Paul's Vision of Nihilism and Plea for the Doctrine of Immortality -- Klingemann and the Absurdity of Nothingness in The Nightwatches -- Nihilism in English Romanticism: Byron and Shelley -- Schopenhauer's Theory of Human Suffering and Lack of Meaning -- Büchner's Account of the Reign of Terror as a Mirror of Human Existence -- Poul Martin Mĝller's Criticism of Hegelianism and the Danish Discussion of Nihilism -- Kierkegaard and the Indefinability and Inexplicability of Death -- Turgenev's Portrait of a Nihilist -- Nietzsche's Vision of the Past and the Future of Nihilism -- The Importance of Nihilism in the Nineteenth Century.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-310) and indexes.

Note:"The concept of Nihilism is associated most frequently with twentieth-century movements such as existentialism, postmodernism, and Dadaism. This work shows that a tradition of nihilism in the nineteenth century anticipated these movements. With its origins in Enlightenment science, this tradition had an influence on philosophy, religion, literature, and drama."-- Provided by publisher.

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