Modern isms

Nihilism

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  • Bishop Lesslie Newbigin
  • 1hr 09mins

  • 6 November 1995

If Enlightenment thinking (see Optimistic Humanism) leads to the death of God, Nihilism, according to Nietzsche saw 'the death of his murderer'. Nihilism rejects absolutes and objective meaning.

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