“Nothing exist and nothing matters. And the world that we
live in, that we define in terms of
humanity, doesn’t care about us.” This quotation from the podcast breaks down
the dictionary definition of what nihilism means, in a simpler manner. Nihilism
is the rejection of morality and the views of life as meaningless. This
idealism seems very depressing, but it is a big part of our society. When you
look around at the “modern” art we now know, try looking deeper. “Why did the
artist create this?” Many of the expressive artists of today have nihilistic
views, and this inspires their art. It is an ongoing movement that has branched
out into music and all fine arts. With this, it can now be seen in more and more
buildings and how more people are organizing their wardrobe. With nihilism creating
a movement, this makes many people wonder, “Is there any traditional values
left?” In asking this, they are meaning full traditional values and not the
ones swayed by the views of later generations. Not even religion is untouched
by nihilism. Different churches have turned away the old ways and changed to
the newer ideas. One great example would be The Church of Scientology. This is
not a “normal” religion, but it is a religion nonetheless. Like every great movement, nihilism can be
seen in many parts of our lives. Society cannot stay untouched by the ideas of
the majority.
I agree, this concept is meant for people of the world to have this sense of renewal in their life. “The sense of meaningless, comes out in sharper times…” this quote shows that during times that are difficult, we see the light. We understand that nothing really matters anymore. There is no reason to anything that we do. There is no point to what we do. The meaningless behavior that we perform in our life is like a waste of energy almost. Even though people try to keep traditional views and what not. The world is always changing and traditions are also always changing. There is nothing that a person could do to stop this evolution of life. Nihilism is a concept that really does make sense when it comes to life. No matter what, humans are always changing and there is not much room for traditions. So, they get left behind.
ReplyDelete“There might not be a purpose to things, or to your life, or to our existence, or to the cosmos. There might not be an order to things, we might not be here for a reason. This all might be purely arbitrary, an accident.” This quote from Eugene Thacker, in the podcast, describes his view on nihilism. I agree with what you are saying, that society cannot stay untouched by the ideas of the majority in this world. No matter what we do to try to stop the spread of nihilism, there will always be people who are against it, as this occurs with every idea or concept now days. A lot of individuals have nihilistic views in society, as you said artist, musicians, and even religious figures. I believe there are very few traditional values left, as many people are easily influenced by society. As you said, even religions are changing and morphing into more time friendly ideas.
ReplyDeleteI agree as well, nihilism is wide spread and is seen very often in modern day society with all the things in our society such as music and art. nihilistic views influence many things we do in everyday life and like you said is creating a movement is our everyday life with clothing and things of that sort. People are easily influenced now a days. Although I do believe there are some traditional values still used, our society including this "nihilistic movement" are sooner or later going to decrease these traditional values to a minimum
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