Overcoming Nihilism: Is the Work of Art Possible?

Athenian Stranger and I use the essays “Over the Line” by Ernst Junger and “The Origin of the Work of Art” by Martin Heidegger to introduce the possibility of the work of art in an age of nihilism. What is the importance of the work of art, how can we produce it, and what value can it have for us?

This is part of an ongoing series in Overcoming Nihilism, in which Athenian and I explore the works of various thinkers on nihilism: what it is, how it affects our lives, and what we can do about it

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