An Oregon teen arrested last month in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a mall in southwestern Washington subscribed to a “nihilistic violent extremist ideology,” according to ...

“Nihilism” comes from the Latin word nihil, or nothing, or “that which does not exist.” Nihilism can be defined as the belief that all values, and therefore institutions, are baseless. Consequently, ...

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Journalist Syfret (How to Think Like an Activist) urges readers to confront the “futile and meaningless” nature of existence in this savvy introduction to nihilism. Living in a society obsessed with ...

Feelings of pointlessness have been associated with the pandemic since its beginning. With many activities cancelled and people being let go from their jobs, life seemed (and still seems) exceedingly ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/jnietstud.50.2.0210 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jnietstud.50.2.0210 Copy URL Creasy, “On the Problem of Affective Nihilism ...