Cosmic Pessimism - Couverture souple

Thacker, Eugene

 
9781937561475: Cosmic Pessimism
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 193756147X ISBN 13 : 9781937561475
Editeur : Univocal Publishing LLC, 2015

Synopsis

&;We&;re doomed.&; So begins the work of the philosopher whose unabashed and aphoristic indictments of the human condition have been cropping up recently in popular culture. Today we find ourselves in an increasingly inhospitable world that is, at the same time, starkly indifferent to our species-specific hopes, desires, and disappointments. In the Anthropocene, pessimism is felt everywhere but rarely given its proper place. Though pessimism may be, as Eugene Thacker says, the lowest form of philosophy, it may also contain an enigma central to understanding the horizon of the human. Written in a series of fragments, aphorisms, and prose poems, Thacker&;s Cosmic Pessimism explores the varieties of pessimism and its often-conflicted relation to philosophy. &;Crying, laughing, sleeping&;what other responses are adequate to a life that is so indifferent?&;


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À propos de l?auteur

Eugene Thacker is the author of several books, including In The Dust of This Planet. He teaches at the New School in New York

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Éditeur
Univocal Publishing LLC
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
193756147X
ISBN 13 
9781937561475
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
55
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