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Though nihilism has been relentlessly criticized for overemphasizing the dark side of human experience, it might be equally true that this overemphasis represents a needed counterbalance to shallow optimism and arrogant confidence in human power
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The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
1
Albert Camus
Fathers and Sons (Ivan Turgenev)
Fathers and Sons
2
Ivan Turgenev
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race (Thomas Ligotti)
The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
3
Thomas Ligotti
Fight Club (Chuck Palahniuk)
Fight Club
4
Chuck Palahniuk
The Trouble With Being Born (Emil Cioran)
The Trouble With Being Born
5
Emil Cioran
Thus Spoke Zarathustra (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Thus Spoke Zarathustra
6
Friedrich Nietzsche
A Short History of Decay (E.M. Cioran)
A Short History of Decay
7
E.M. Cioran
Nihil Unbound: Naturalism and Anti-Phenomenological Realism (Ray Brassier)
Nihil Unbound: Naturalism and Anti-Phenomenological Realism
8
Ray Brassier
Beyond Good and Evil (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Beyond Good and Evil
9
Friedrich Nietzsche
In the Dust of This Planet (Eugene Thacker)
In the Dust of This Planet
10
Eugene Thacker
Being and Nothingness (Jean-Paul Sartre)
Being and Nothingness
11
Jean-Paul Sartre
The Fall (Albert Camus)
The Fall
12
Albert Camus
Demons (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Demons
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Less Than Zero (Bret Easton Ellis)
Less Than Zero
14
Bret Easton Ellis
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism (Nick Land)
The Thirst for Annihilation: Georges Bataille and Virulent Nihilism
15
Nick Land
On the Genealogy of Morals
On the Genealogy of Morals
16
The Denial of Death (Ernest Becker)
The Denial of Death
17
Ernest Becker
The Ego and Its Own (Max Stirner)
The Ego and Its Own
18
Max Stirner
On the Heights of Despair
On the Heights of Despair
19
The Gay Science (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Gay Science
20
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles
21
The Will to Power (Friedrich Nietzsche)
The Will to Power
22
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus and Other Essays
23
Albert Camus
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Crime and Punishment
24
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Blessed Is the Flame: An Introduction to Concentration Camp Resistance and Anarcho-Nihilism (Serafinski)
Blessed Is the Flame: An Introduction to Concentration Camp Resistance and Anarcho-Nihilism
25
Serafinski
Notes From Underground (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Notes From Underground
26
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Myth of Sisyphus (Albert Camus)
The Myth of Sisyphus
27
Albert Camus
The Plague (Albert Camus)
The Plague
28
Albert Camus
A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
29
Anthony Burgess
The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms of Modern Nihilism (Donald A. Crosby)
The Specter of the Absurd: Sources and Criticisms of Modern Nihilism
30
Donald A. Crosby
Waiting for Godot (Samuel Beckett)
Waiting for Godot
31
Samuel Beckett
Being and Time (Martin Heidegger)
Being and Time
32
Martin Heidegger
Whatever
Whatever
33
Laughing at Nothing: Humor as a Response to Nihilism (John Marmysz)
Laughing at Nothing: Humor as a Response to Nihilism
34
John Marmysz
Nihilism Before Nietzsche (Michael Allen Gillespie)
Nihilism Before Nietzsche
35
Michael Allen Gillespie
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