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Starry Speculative Corpse - Couverture souple

Livre 2 sur 3: Horror of Philosophy

Eugene, Thacker

 
9781782798910: Starry Speculative Corpse
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1782798919 ISBN 13 : 9781782798910
Editeur : Zer0 Books, 2015

Synopsis

Could it be that the more we know about the world, the less we understand it? Could it be that, while everything has been explained, nothing has meaning?

Extending the ideas presented in his book <I>In The Dust of This Planet</I>, Eugene Thacker explores these and other issues in <I>Starry Speculative Corpse</I>. But instead of using philosophy to define or to explain the horror genre, Thacker reads works of philosophy as if they were horror stories themselves, revealing a rift between human beings and the unhuman world of which they are part. Along the way we see philosophers grappling with demons, struggling with doubt, and wrestling with an indifferent cosmos. At the center of it all is the philosophical drama of the human being confronting its own limits. Not a philosophy of horror, but a horror of philosophy. Thought that stumbles over itself, as if at the edge of an abyss.

<I>Starry Speculative Corpse</I> is the second volume of the Horror of Philosophy trilogy, together with the first volume, <I>In The Dust of This Planet</I>, and the third volume, <I>Tentacles Longer Than Night</I>.

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À propos de l'auteur

Philosopher Eugene Thacker thinks and writes about a world of natural disasters, emerging pandemics, and the looming threat of extinction. Existence, he writes, is becoming increasingly unthinkable. He has written on a range of topics, from philosophy to science fiction and horror. Thacker is the author of a number of books, including After Life (2010), and In the Dust of this Planet in his Horror of Philosophy series. He is Associate Professor of Media Studies at The New School in New York.

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Éditeur
Zer0 Books
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1782798919
ISBN 13 
9781782798910
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
201
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Personne responsable
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