THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THOUGHT OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF NIHILISM OF POSTMODERNISM AND ITS ATTITUDES TOWARDS CHRISTIANITY Cover Image

DOPRINOS MISLI FRIEDRICHA NIETZSCHEA RAZUMIJEVANJU NIHILISTIČNOSTI POSTMODERNE I NJEZINA ODNOSA PREMA KRŠĆANSTVU
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE THOUGHT OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF NIHILISM OF POSTMODERNISM AND ITS ATTITUDES TOWARDS CHRISTIANITY

Author(s): Mladen Milić
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
Published by: Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu
Keywords: Friedrich Nietzsche; nihilism; postmodernism; God; Christianity;

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the idea of nihilism as a reality perspective in the philosophy of Nietzsche, the analysis of a postmodern situation and the possible answers to this situation. This philosopher with his unsystematic thinking, as well as with his life, became one of the leading, most consistent thinkers whose analysis predicted the modern situation in the spiritual life and the period of postmodernism. Besides warning us about the ideological and ontological crisis, Nietzsche’s nihilism warns us also about the crisis of our times. In the postmodern world, we can see on the one side the imperfection, but on the other side nihilism which we cannot overcome. Within these frameworks, Nietzsche’s philosophy in spite of not being sufficient and not offering us any solution could help us to understand, rethink and overcome the postmodern reality. One of the ways could be to study Nietzsche’s attitude toward Christianity and its basic ideas. The paper presents the Nietzsche’s nihilism and the still present reality of his thoughts, as well as the analysis of his nihilistic philosophy, based on G. Vattimo’s approach.

  • Issue Year: 20/2012
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 319-338
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Croatian