A connection is often made between postmodernism and nihilism, but the full meaning of such a connection is rarely explored. The contemporary Italian philosopher Gianni Vattimo is one of the few philosophers to have devoted much work to explaining this connection. Vattimo extrapolates the relevance of Nietzsche’s theory of nihilism for the postmodern condition, arguing that the concept of the p...

In his article "Borges's Postmodern Landscape" Mario Vrbančić examines specific constructs of space -among them heterotopia (Michel Foucault) and hyperreality (Jean Baudrillard) -and applies them to narration and narrative strategies in Jorge Luis Borges's texts. Vrbančić posits that postmodern mapping undermines our known familiar geography and that authors like Borges who experimented with di...

Despite significant resistance, psychology is being dragged into the postmodern era. While many debate whether the postmodern era has officially begun, others argue that the postmodern era has already past by. This said, the emergent consensus is that these are postmodern times. Much of contemporary Western culture and academia is beginning to embrace this paradigm shift, though the field of ps...

Thomas J. Zimmermann and Thomas J. J. Müller Department Chemie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Butenandtstr. 5 -13 (Haus F), D-81377 München, Germany Reprint requests to PD Dr. Thomas J. J. Müller. E-mail: [email protected] Z. Naturforsch. 56b, 1349-1353 (2001); received August 31, 2001 Cyclic Voltammetry, Redox Chemistry, Tetraarylmethanes Upon anodic oxidation tetrakis(4-A ,̂Ar-...