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Nihilism
baseless values, no loyalties, impulse to destroy, nothing can be known
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“nihil”
nothing
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nihilism is described as __*_ and*__
pessimistic and skeptical
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what opposes Christianity?
nihilism
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happiness is impossible = _____
miseries outnumber pleasures
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Political Nihilism
destruction of all political, social and religious order
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political nihilism roots in the late 1800’s in __
Russia
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Oswald Spengler’s novel
“The Decline of the West” (1926)
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evidence of nihilistic behavior:
decline of values, tradition, and faith
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post WWII =
rise of Modernism
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3 positive connections that nothingness reveals:
liberty, freedom, and creative possibilities
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Concentration on human experience and individuality to define life and values (the “isms”)
Existentialism and Absurdism
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no objective ___ __or__ ___ in the world but what we give it
order or structure
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Ubermensch:
“overman” - goal for humanity
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Questions of why? ______
have no answers
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“Overman” definition
overcoming self, rising above situations and circumstances
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“Overman” =
“Superman”
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Do not feel shame or hide -
own up to envy
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“overman” is ___ __and__ ___
anti religious and inhibits decisions and numbs
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The aspiration of a woman was to _____
give birth to an Ubermensch
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3 Types of Nihilism:
Political, Ethical and Existential
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Nihilism creates an environment where ideas can be forced with ____ resistance
little
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power alone, _________
determines hierarchies (think Nazi Germany)
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