What Is Nihilism

Nihilism is a philosophical doctrine that questions the existence of any objectively meaningful purpose, moral value, truth, or knowledge, spanning branches of philosophy such as ethics, value theory, epistemology, and metaphysics, and is characterized by a negation towards concepts, meaning, or life. This philosophy has been influential in Western modernity, with various responses ranging from indifference to creative reinterpretations of personal meaning. Nihilism is a subclass of philosophy and part of the theory of emotion. The concept of nihilism has been debated and discussed in the context of existentialism and postmodernism.