... interested in researching populism and the problem of so-called nihilism that critical theory promises to hold at bay. ... "Critical Theory cannot be a dismissive or pessimistic nihilism; it must engage with and learn from actual individuals and their social ... contemporary figures share the later Baudrillard's nihilism, the writing of no other individual represents both critical and pessimistic ...

... this is (really) funny. A.O. Scott calls it "smart-alecky nihilism." The Coen brothers have taken the baton from fellow Jew Woody Allen, who took the baton from ... , none of whom took the baton from Job who, in spite of all that happened to him, did not carry a torch for nihilism. The three rabbis should have known better. I'd like a crack at helping Larry, since I meet him every week.

... this pathbreaking work, Michael Gillespie argues that Nietzsche, in fact, misunderstood nihilism, and that his misunderstanding has misled nearly all succeeding thought about the subject. Reconstructing nihilism's ... the German Romantics, the Russian nihilists and Nietzsche himself. His analysis shows that nihilism is not the result of the death of God, as Nietzsche believed; but the consequence ...

I know I've been writing less the last two weeks. It's not by design. I have found myself with nothing to say. I'm working hard at my job and my marriage and my family. I'm following my program. I'm trying to stay in touch with God. I don't know how well I'm succeeding in any of it. Spiritually, I am deeply dispirited. I fear death. I am more and more convinced that ...

[[ Check out this amazing UK Times article. ]] "Harris wore a 'Natural Selection' T-shirt on the day of the killings. They made remarks on video about helping out the process of natural selection by eliminating the weak. They also professed that they had evolved to a higher level than their classmates. I was amazed at the frequent references to evolution, and that the press ...

Maybe Congress won't really cut Medicare. Maybe America will go bankrupt THERE'S an argument circulating that the cost-cutting mechanisms included in the current health-reform bills aren't for real. Specifically, people seem to think the Medicare commission proposed in the Senate version of the legislation, which would be empowered to recommend ...