Nihilism, fanaticism and terror: a reading of fundamentalism and terrorism from Friedrich Nietzsche.

• Grant number: 12/04262-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): March 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Philosophy - History of Philosophy
• Principal Investigator: Oswaldo Giacoia Junior
• Grantee: João Paulo Simões Vilas Bôas
• Host Institution: Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas (IFCH). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Nihilism, fanaticism and terror: this project aims to develop an interpretative hypothesis which starts from the perspective opened by Friedrich Nietzsche's reflections about nihilism, resentment, and great politics and seeks to understand both the emergence of different forms of religious fundamentalism throughout the twentieth century and also the recent configurations of western politics as different forms of reaction against the deepening of the crisis of values endured by the West.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BÔAS, João Paulo Simões Vilas. Nihilism, fanaticism and terror: a reading of fundamentalism from Friedrich Nietzsche. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas Campinas, SP.