â€œScholarly advice for dark times.â€ The New Yorker â€œProvides a metric ton of misery and a lot of company.â€Â TheÂ New York

Infinite Resignation

â€œScholarly advice for dark times.â€
The New Yorker

â€œProvides a metric ton of misery and a lot of company.â€Â
TheÂ New York Times

â€œTeeming with aphorisms and hilarious one-linersâ€¦Â probably philosophyâ€™s only beach read.â€
Vice

Dark times lie around us and ahead of us, and what better way to survive the coming Apocolypse than by immersingÂ yourself in some of the greatest thinkers on pessimism, brought together with his own thoughts on the subject by Eugene Thacker, author of the contemporary classic, In the Dust of This Planet.
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Comprised of aphorisms, fragments, and observations both philosophical and personal, Thackerâ€™s new book traces the contours of pessimism, caught as it often is between a philosophical position and a bad attitude. Reflecting on the universeâ€™s â€œlooming abyss of indifference,â€ Thacker explores the pessimism of a range of philosophers, from the well-known (Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Camus), to the lesser-known (E.M. Cioran, Lev Shestov, Miguel de Unamuno). Readers will find food for thought in Thackerâ€™s handling of a range of themes in Christianity and Buddhism, as well as his engagement with literary figures (from Dostoevsky to Thomas Bernhard, Osamu Dazai, and Fernando Pessoa), whose pessimism about the world both inspires and depresses Thacker. By turns melancholic, misanthropic, and darkly funny, (â€œBirth is a metaphysical injury â€” healing takes time â€” the span of one's lifeâ€), many will find Infinite Resignation a welcome antidote to the exuberant imbecility of our times.
Country USA
Brand Repeater
Manufacturer Repeater
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781912248193
Color White
ReleaseDate 2018-07-17
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781912248193

Country	USA
Brand	Repeater
Manufacturer	Repeater
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781912248193
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2018-07-17
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781912248193

Infinite Resignation

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