Ahmad Ebrahimipur; Malek Hosseini
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Whenever it is said there is no truth in place, this question comes up as to whether the truth itself does exist or not? Two answers are offered for this question. First, there is no truth other than the truth that there is no truth (modern nihilism). Secondly, there is no truth even the truth that there ...
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Whenever it is said there is no truth in place, this question comes up as to whether the truth itself does exist or not? Two answers are offered for this question. First, there is no truth other than the truth that there is no truth (modern nihilism). Secondly, there is no truth even the truth that there is no truth (postmodern nihilism). This paper aims at exploring the second answer by presenting examples of the claim in postmodernism. While pluralism states that there is no absolute truth, nihilism asserts that there is absolutely no truth and that the same truth is not true as well. Hence, postmodern nihilism is self-contradictory based on its realistic interpretations and self-reflective based on its nihilistic interpretations. Post-structuralism is nihilist from the epistemological perspectives because it claims that no cognizance can be generalized and adjusted to the world but it is probably not nihilist in terms of semiotics because it does not deny the principle of implication. Deconstruction is nihilistic and devastative for the authorship-oriented person exercising centralism. Post-colonial nihilism is also indicative of the destruction and disapproval of the identity of the colonialized lands as well as reflective of the denial of the identity of the minority races like the black. Gender nihilism engages in denial of gender and queer nihilism denies any sort of sexual, gender, and identity normality.
Ali Fathi
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In Derrida's thought, "deconstruction" is not a "method" but an "approach" that questions the whole of metaphysical ideas and the tradition of Western philosophy from Plato to Husserl. The scope of his view also includes religious concepts because of their metaphysical nature. This paper shows the role ...
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In Derrida's thought, "deconstruction" is not a "method" but an "approach" that questions the whole of metaphysical ideas and the tradition of Western philosophy from Plato to Husserl. The scope of his view also includes religious concepts because of their metaphysical nature. This paper shows the role of the term "deconstruction" and its application and explanation in the field of theology. To this end, while pointing to alternative interpretations that link Derrida’s deconstruction with nihilism and critique of this claim and relying on the deconstructive evidence of his thinking, such as the concept of the gift, the paradox of faith, the promise of faith, and justice, it has been tried to speak of the similarity between deconstruction and the possibility of religious thought. With this statement, the metaphorical reading of some of his commentators becomes irrelevant, and the positive and negative aspects that exist in differentiation and impossibility as deconstructive devices can pave the way for the possibility and understanding of a kind of negative theology in Derrida's philosophical thought and questioning of the sacred in the contemporary era.
Meysam Sefidkhosh
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Hegel defines phenomenology as the knowledge of experiencing awareness. The ultimate goal of this field of study seems to be establishing that philosophy is a science by conceptually ‘phenomenalising’ the necessary steps to be taken in this course. Phenomenological establishment of the idea ...
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Hegel defines phenomenology as the knowledge of experiencing awareness. The ultimate goal of this field of study seems to be establishing that philosophy is a science by conceptually ‘phenomenalising’ the necessary steps to be taken in this course. Phenomenological establishment of the idea that philosophy is a science will involve phenomenological settling of a key question which has at least three sub-questions, one of which is the question of meaningfulness of life. In its complicated course of growth and development, awareness is depicted as a traveller who is broadening his experiences, who uses these experiences to critically survey his nature, meaning, course and goal, and who, acknowledging his weaknesses, continues his journey to overcome them. The journey on the whole is about finding the true meaning through developing into the ultimate awareness. Meanwhile, however, concepts like meaninglessness, absurdity and the like are among the many waypoints through which awareness navigates, at least as a swift pass, to reach the destination. The present paper considers the multi-layered course of the history of the Hegelian phenomenology to look at it within the domain of the concept of meaningfulness of life, providing a new reading of the phenomenological journey of awareness as it would relate to that concept. The paper raises the question as to whether a different approach than the one adopted by Hegel in his Philosophy of Right can be used to settle the question of meaningfulness of life. Making an affirmative response, the paper then claims that the Hegelian phenomenology is in fact an escape route from Jacobean critiques of the Kantian-Fichtean nihilism. The paper addresses the question of meaningfulness of life from two aspects based on Hegel’s Philosophy of Spirit: one is the value of life in general, and the other the ethical and social values which are contained in the value general value of life and guarantee it.
Davood Moazami goodarzi; Ahmad Ali Heydari
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We and our world are caught in the last period of nihilism. The remarkable point is the durability of this situation, and that the time for the end of this situation is unclear. The concern of this article is understanding the nihilism, especially its last kind, understanding of the nihilism in order ...
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We and our world are caught in the last period of nihilism. The remarkable point is the durability of this situation, and that the time for the end of this situation is unclear. The concern of this article is understanding the nihilism, especially its last kind, understanding of the nihilism in order to provide the possibility of the thinking about the conditions of the liberation from that. For this purpose, we should understand three kinds of nihilism: negative, reactive, and passive; Understanding these three kinds, especially its last kind, which is the property of the present situation. For the explanation of this step of nihilism, we will resort to a Nietzschean-Deleuzian concept and then try to transmit the affective aspect of this concept to the reader in order for the necessity of the liberation from our nihilistic situation to be sensed affectively. At this point of the analysis, the argument is ready for thinking to the next step, which proceeds by understanding the distinction between the last step of nihilism and the condition of liberation from that. Therefore, the trajectory of the article is like this: explanation of kinds of nihilism: 1) negative. 2) reactive. 3) passive. 4) and the liberation from nihilism.
