Cinizmas ir nihilizmas = Cynicism and Nihilism
This article compares cynicism and nihilism, based on their ontological premises. One can notice that they are frequently considered as identical in the public discourse; indeed, they seem similar due to their relationship with morality and values; they both exercise negation and unmasking. However,...
| Subtitles: | Cynicism and Nihilism |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | Lithuanian |
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Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
2012
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| In: |
Religija ir kultūra
Year: 2012, Volume: 10, Pages: 22-31 |
| Further subjects: | B
Nietzsche
B Realism B realizmas B nihilizmas B Cynicism B cinizmas B Nihilism |
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| Summary: | This article compares cynicism and nihilism, based on their ontological premises. One can notice that they are frequently considered as identical in the public discourse; indeed, they seem similar due to their relationship with morality and values; they both exercise negation and unmasking. However, it can be proven that they differ in terms of their ontological premises: while cynicism is based on the cynical realism, which is constituted in the perspective of the naked truth, nihilism is a form of thinking, which annihilates the possibility of realism itself and extinguishes the distinction between reality and illusion. Both of them are also compared from the aspect of reflexivity: nihilism is shown as a reflective thinking, while cynicism turns out to be a "practical" thinking without self-reflection. Finally, it is shown that although the truth of both nihilism and cynicism is enrooted in performativity, it is constituted differently by the way of unmasking. |
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| ISSN: | 1822-4539 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religija ir kultūra
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15388/Relig.2012.0.2741 |