An Oregon teen arrested last month in connection with an alleged mass shooting plot targeting a mall in southwestern Washington subscribed to a “nihilistic violent extremist ideology,” according to ...

“Nihilism” comes from the Latin word nihil, or nothing, or “that which does not exist.” Nihilism can be defined as the belief that all values, and therefore institutions, are baseless. Consequently, ...

“Nihilistic Violent Extremist:” President Donald Trump’s administration created this new category of domestic threat (they would say “terrorist”) in the wake of conservative activist and media figure ...

Most historians view the French Revolution as the source of the ideologies that have shaped the modern and postmodern eras. For any ism—from liberalism, conservatism, and communism to nationalism, ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Legendary comedian Norm Macdonald, chronicling his longstanding addiction to gambling in his autobiography, recounted in it a moment in which his psychiatrist interpreted his fixation on gambling as a ...

Journalist Syfret (How to Think Like an Activist) urges readers to confront the “futile and meaningless” nature of existence in this savvy introduction to nihilism. Living in a society obsessed with ...

Feelings of pointlessness have been associated with the pandemic since its beginning. With many activities cancelled and people being let go from their jobs, life seemed (and still seems) exceedingly ...

Democratic friends, let’s try a thought experiment. Imagine you woke up one morning and all your media sources were produced by Christian nationalists. You sent ...