The Contribution of the Thought of Friedrich Nietzsche to the Understanding of Nihilism of Postmodernism and its Attitudes towards Christianity

Članak predstavlja prikaz poimanja nihilizma kao stava spram stvarnosti u filozofiji Friedricha Nietzschea, analizu postmodernoga stanja i moguće odgovore na to stanje. Ovaj filozof svojom je nesustavnom misli, ali i životom, postao jedan od najkonzistentnijih mislilaca. Svojom je analizom nagovijestio suvremeno stanje duha i epohu postmoderne. Nietzscheov nihilizam, osim na epohu, upozorava i na pojmovnu i ontološku krizu. U postmodernom okruženju vidimo, s jedne strane, nedostatnost, a s druge strane, nihilizam koji se ne može nadići. U tako postavljenim okvirima Nietzscheova filozofija, iako nije dostatna i ne daje rješenje, ipak može poslužiti kao ključ za iščitavanje i biti odskočna daska za premišljanje i nadilaženje postmoderne stvarnosti. Jedan od mogućih načina jest i Nietzscheov odnos spram kršćanstva i njegovih temeljnih pojmova. Aktualnost njegove misli prikazana je u članku prikazom njegova nihilizma, zatim analizom istoga na temelju promišljanja G. Vattima, te propitivanjem nihilističnosti postmoderne. U završnomu poglavlju i zaključku donosi se mogućnost doprinosa Nietzscheove filozofije boljem razumijevanju odnosa kršćanstva u postmodernom okruženju, kao i stav kršćanstva spram postmoderne. U tom stavu može pomoći i Nietzscheova misao.This paper presents the idea of nihilism as a reality perspective in the philosophy of Nietzsche, the analysis of a postmodern situation and the possible answers to this situation. This philosopher with his unsystematic thinking, as well as with his life, became one of the leading, most consistent thinkers whose analysis predicted the modern situation in the spiritual life and the period of postmodernism. Besides warning us about the ideological and ontological crisis, Nietzsche\u27s nihilism warns us also about the crisis of our times. In the postmodern world, we can see on the one side the imperfection, but on the other side nihilism which we cannot overcome. Within these frameworks, Nietzsche\u27s philosophy in spite of not being sufficient and not offering us any solution could help us to understand, rethink and overcome the postmodern reality. One of the ways could be to study Nietzsche\u27s attitude toward Christianity and its basic ideas. The paper presents the Nietzsche\u27s nihilism and the still present reality of his thoughts, as well as the analysis of his nihilistic philosophy, based on G. Vattimo\u27s approach. The paper also questions the nihilistic postmodernism and in the last chapter and in the conclusion, the paper discusses to what extent Nietzsche\u27s philosophy helps us to understand the relationship between Christianity and postmodern society and presents the Christian attitude toward postmodernism. In order to describe this Christian attitude, Nietzsche\u27s philosophy can be of great help