"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?"
General
| Imprint: |
Univocal Publishing LLC
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Univocal |
| Release date: |
August 2015 |
| First published: |
2015 |
| Authors: |
Eugene Thacker
|
| Dimensions: |
165 x 111 x 51mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
55 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-937561-47-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Humanities >
Philosophy >
General
Books >
Philosophy >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-937561-47-X |
| Barcode: |
9781937561475 |
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