We live in an age of humanitarianism that rhymes far too closely with nihilism. The modern discourse of aid and compassion has become a theatre of posturing, a stage on which politicians and ...

“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 ...

Mr. Bruni is a contributing Opinion writer. Ms. McLean is a contributing editor at Business Insider and an author of “The Smartest Guys in the Room,” a book about the collapse of Enron. Mr ...

“There’s no point in saving for the future because we’re going to have war, revolution, and it’s all going to come to a violent end.” I’ve also heard that young people aren’t saving for retirement ...

According to political theorist Wendy Brown, in her book Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber, a sense of nihilism pervades the modern world, a condition in which traditional values and ...