Evil spirits : nihilism and the fate of modernity / edited by Gary Banham and Charlie Blake.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banham, Gary, 1965-

Blake, Charlie.

Series:

Angelaki humanities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nihilism (Philosophy).

Civilization, Modern.

Physical Description:

ix, 228 pages ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Nihilism and the fate of modernity

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 2000.

Summary:

Incorporating a diversity of approaches from a variety of disciplines, this book provides a major reassessment of the question of nihilism in modernity and interrogates this through the growing interest in angels and demons in contemporary philosophy. The collection examines the uncanny return of angelic and demonic principles in current cultural production and thinking and aims to show that the repression of thought about spiritual entities at the onset of modernity is linked to the appearance of a new form of evil that manifests itself through nihilism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

071905642X

0719056438

OCLC:

45856605