Starry Speculative Corpse Horror of Philosophy
Starry Speculative Corpse Horror of Philosophy by Eugene Thacker, published by Zer0 Books on April 24, 2015, is a thought-provoking exploration of the intersection between philosophy and horror. This edition spans 201 pages and is presented in English. Thacker extends the ideas from his previous work, In The Dust of This Planet, examining the paradox that as our understanding of the world deepens, our grasp of its meaning may diminish. He approaches philosophical texts as if they were horror narratives, highlighting the disconnection between humanity and the unhuman aspects of existence.
In this work, readers will encounter philosophers who confront existential dilemmas, engage with demons, and navigate an indifferent universe. Thacker’s analysis reveals a philosophical drama centered on the human experience and its inherent limitations. This volume is the second in the “Horror of Philosophy” trilogy, which also includes In The Dust of This Planet and Tentacles Longer Than Night. Through this lens, Starry Speculative Corpse invites readers to reflect on the unsettling relationship between knowledge and meaning within the context of philosophical inquiry.
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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 In The Dust of This Planet, Eugene Thacker explores these and other issues in Starry Speculative Corpse. 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.
Starry Speculative Corpse is the second volume of the “Horror of Philosophy” trilogy, together with the first volume, In The Dust of This Planet, and the third volume, Tentacles Longer Than Night.
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