Nihilist movement - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Nihilist Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilist Movement - History
The Nihilists were mainly children of the aristocracy. They had access to education, were influenced by liberal ideas from the West, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilism: Encyclopedia - Nihilism
Nihilism as a philosophical position is the view that the world, and especially human existence, is without meaning, purpose, comprehensi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilism - Nihilism In Philosophy
Though the term nihilism was first popularized by Ivan Turgenev (see below), it was first introduced into philosophical discourse by Frie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilism - Etymological Origins
The term comes from the Latin nihil, meaning "not anything". The Oxford English Dictionary gives 1817 as its earliest use in English, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilism: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilism - Nihilism In Art
There have been various movements in art, such as surrealism and cubism, which have been criticized for touching on nihilism, and others ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilist Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilist Movement - Political Philosophy
Nihilism was not a political movement. It was a youth culture. Nevertheless, it led to the politization and radicalization of the Russian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nihilist Movement: Encyclopedia Ii - Nihilist Movement - Historical Context
After more than a century of Westernization that began with the reign of Peter the Great (1682-1725), a Russian national consciousness ev...   » Read the article