![]() ![]() "Thacker's discourse on the intersection of horror and philosophy is utterly original and utterly captivating. ![]() Likewise, Thacker takes horror to mean something beyond the focus on gore and scare tactics, but as the underappreciated genre of supernatural horror in fiction, film, comics, and music. in the dust of this planet Download in the dust of this planet or read online books in PDF, EPUB, Tuebl, and Mobi Format. In Thacker's hands, philosophy is not academic logic-chopping instead, it is the thought of the limit of all thought, especially as it dovetails into occultism, demonology, and mysticism. In this book Eugene Thacker suggests that we look to the genre of horror as offering a way of thinking about the unthinkable world. In the Dust of This Planet explores these relationships between philosophy and horror. To confront this idea is to confront the limit of our ability to understand the world in which we live - a central motif of the horror genre. In this book, Eugene Thacker suggests that we look to the genre of horror as offering a way of thinking about the unthinkable world. The world is increasingly unthinkable, a world of planetary disasters, emerging pandemics, and the looming threat of extinction. ![]()
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