Wikipedia Trail: Notes from the Underground to Illegalism
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notes_from_Underground
I began on the page for one of this week's readings, Notes from the Underground. Most of what was on the page was just a summary of the story or some brief context that was also in the book, but what caught my eye was the section analyzing the themes of the story. Our textbook did touch on the existentialism, but didn't go into detail on what these ideologies were exactly. This is what sparked my curiosity to go to the next link about Nihilism.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
Here I learned that Nihilism is the belief that life has no intrinsic purpose or value. This often accompanies a rejection of theism and existential despair, but not always. The term was first used in the 19th century by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but was popularized by Ivan Turgenev as it became a big movement in Russia. Nihilism developed many subsets, one of which is moral nihilism, which lead me to the next page.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_nihilism
Moral nihilism is the idea that there is no such thing as "morally right" or "morally wrong". However, different moral nihilists view morals in different ways. Some, when asked "Is it morally wrong to (insert action here)?" would always say no. Others would say the question is flawed in its wording, because it makes the assumption that the action would be either wrong or right, when it is neither. Not all moral nihilists believe that because there is no real right or wrong, we should therefore abandon all societal rules and turn to crime. However, some do and they follow Illegalism, leading to my next page.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegalism
This falls under the political theory of Anarchism, and emerged in the early 1900s in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland. The most famous illegalists in France were the Bonnot Gang, who became knows for using cutting edge technology such as automobiles and repeating rifles that French police didn't have access to yet.
I began on the page for one of this week's readings, Notes from the Underground. Most of what was on the page was just a summary of the story or some brief context that was also in the book, but what caught my eye was the section analyzing the themes of the story. Our textbook did touch on the existentialism, but didn't go into detail on what these ideologies were exactly. This is what sparked my curiosity to go to the next link about Nihilism.
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihilism
Here I learned that Nihilism is the belief that life has no intrinsic purpose or value. This often accompanies a rejection of theism and existential despair, but not always. The term was first used in the 19th century by Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, but was popularized by Ivan Turgenev as it became a big movement in Russia. Nihilism developed many subsets, one of which is moral nihilism, which lead me to the next page.
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_nihilism
Moral nihilism is the idea that there is no such thing as "morally right" or "morally wrong". However, different moral nihilists view morals in different ways. Some, when asked "Is it morally wrong to (insert action here)?" would always say no. Others would say the question is flawed in its wording, because it makes the assumption that the action would be either wrong or right, when it is neither. Not all moral nihilists believe that because there is no real right or wrong, we should therefore abandon all societal rules and turn to crime. However, some do and they follow Illegalism, leading to my next page.
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegalism
This falls under the political theory of Anarchism, and emerged in the early 1900s in France, Italy, Belgium, and Switzerland. The most famous illegalists in France were the Bonnot Gang, who became knows for using cutting edge technology such as automobiles and repeating rifles that French police didn't have access to yet.
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