In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy): 1

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The contemporary cynic – which on many days describes myself – might respond that we still live by all of these interpretive frameworks, and that only their outer shell has changed – the mythological has become the stuff of the culture industries, spinning out big-budget, computer-generated films and merchandise; the theological has diffused into political ideology and the fanaticism of religious conflict; and the existential has been re-purposed into self-help and the therapeutics of consumerism.

In the context of philosophy, the central question today is whether thought is always determined within the framework of the human point of view. Given the random nature of how books are picked from my list, the next one, “ Starry Speculative Corpse”, will probably be read only in four years as well.Even though there is something out there that is not the world-for-us, and even though we can name it the world-in-itself, this latter constitutes a horizon for thought, always receding just beyond the bounds of intelligibility. If the reader is already vaguely familiar with horror literature and the history of philosophy, then this book shouldn’t pose too much of a challenge. In general, In the Dust of This Planet is more like a grab bag of ideas than it is a cohesive philosophical text.

The closest I have come to this level of academic introspection on horrific topics is Thomas Ligotti's Conspiracy Against the Human Race, and where Ligotti's work studied a single topic in depth, Thacker explores a plethora of dark philosophies that all great horror fans (ghouls) will adore. Thacker has commented on 'nihilism memes' in an interview: "Is it any accident that at a time when we have become acutely aware of the challenges concerning global climate change, we have also created this bubble of social media? Also, similarly to “ The Three Body Problem”, this is the first in a trilogy of books, and the names of the rest of them look promising as well. For Thacker, the genre of supernatural horror is the key site in which this paradoxical thought of the unthinkable takes place.

Eugene Thacker has written on science fiction, horror, continental philosophy, politics, culture, science and technology. Many people might not find the patience to work through this book, let alone the rest of the series. In his appraisal of these ideas, Thacker concludes that philosophical thinking about life owes much to mystical, apophatic theology since this radical negativity is at the root between Being and Life.

This entry was posted in Film and Philosophy, Uncategorized and tagged Eugene Thacker, existentialism, film and philosophy, Horror, horror of philosophy, In the Dust of This Planet, meaning of life, nihilism, philosophy, philosophy of horror. The genre of supernatural horror is a privileged site in which this paradoxical thought of the unthinkable takes place.Book Review Justin Davis October 12, 2020 In the Dust of this Planet, In the Dust of this Planet review, In the Dust of this Planet Eugene Thacker review, In the Dust of this Planet Eugene Thacker, Horror of Philosophy, Zero Books, nihilism, mysticism, horror, theology, philosophy, Horror of Philosophy Vol 1, black metal, demonology, existentialism, horror literature, 20th century philosophy, H. The terms world and worlding are frequently used in phenomenology to describe the way in which we as human subjects exist in the world, at the same time as the world is revealed to us. If the reader is interested in the Buddhist notion of emptiness, time might be better spent reading about it directly, say through the works of Nishida or Nishitani.

In Kant, it is the noumenal world that spurs human consciousness to generate a phenomenal reality: the reality of subjective, lived experience.As a two-time Peabody Award-winner, Radiolab has expanded and evolved to become a platform for long-form journalism and storytelling. The lake which is in you is very similar to the lake which is in the friend but these two lakes are distinct, they are not the same. Thacker utilizes St John of the Cross, Jakob Bohme, Georges Bataille, and Kyoto School philosopher Kenji Nishitani to articulate a kind of dark mysticism based on a radical groundlessness (Śūnyatā) that is centered in the recognition of the unhuman. these pages take cues from Burroughs and Gibson, while at the same time presciently pointing to the web-based path writing would take over the next decade. If, however, one is completely uninterested in the connections between philosophy, horror, and mystical theology, then this book will probably not engage your interest at all.