The New Nihilism

Costantino Esposito is professor of history of philosophy and history of metaphysics at University of Bari Aldo Moro and at the Institute of Philosophical Studies of the Universita della Svizzera Italiana (USI) in Lugano. He is the author of many books and articles, including Introduzione a Heidegger.

Preface 1. Introduction to the American Edition: For a Cartography of the Nihilism of our Time 2. Nihilism, Zero Point 3. Glimmers in the Dark 4. Intelligence is not Autopilot 5. That Gap Between Knowledge and Affection 6. The Infinity Within 7. The Vocation of the Flesh 8. The Gratitude of Being Born 9. Shock in the Face of Mystery 10. The Distance Between Certainty and Truth 11. Ask Me if I'm Happy 12. That Drawing Hidden Inside the Fog, 13. On the Desire for Truth 14. The Duty that Attracts 15. That Emotion that Dwells in Reason: Inside Out 16. With What Eyes We Look at the World 17. The Loss of the Ego, the Reconquest of the Self, 18. An Ambiguous Power: The Technical Face of Nihilism 19. Rust, Dolores, and the Enigma of Freedom 20. Rue in Free Fall 21. Conclusion: What Answers Do We Need? Bibliographic References

"Esposito's book is a balanced description of those forms of nihilism that most ail modern society. Inquiring with journalistic incision into deeply philosophical issues, he provides insight, perspective, and vigor in assessing our current situation, and he does so in a way that can only be described, in the best possible sense, as absolutely charming." -Colby Dickinson, author of Giorgio Agamben's "Homo Sacer" Series "Far from nihilism being a worldview that is impossible to endure, as is so often said, Costantino Esposito thinks it is the worldview that we all now live with-it conquered our horizons by shedding its angry and destructive image to become a 'quiet product of consumer society.' Esposito's original and very readable book is his 'attempt to listen to what the nihilism of our time is telling us.'" -James Tartaglia, author of Philosophy in a Meaningless Life