El lugar de la libertad en las sociedades nihilistas

Abstract

Nihilism is considered by some present-day philosophers as the underlying problem of the twentieth century. Thinkers as Ortega y Gasset, Heidegger or Ernst Jünger test different philosophical proposals to define the essence of contemporany nihilism and to guide human being in nihilist societies. This article finds out some clues to understand the nature of the problem and the singular man s responsibility in order to overcome the nihilistic power. Heidegger wasn t wrong when he said that the disturbing aspect of contemporary world is not that it becomes quite technical, governed solely by instrumental reason, but that man is not prepared for this changing world.