{"product_id":"in-the-dust-of-this-planet-horror-of-philosophy-1-volume-1","title":"In the Dust of This Planet (Horror of Philosophy, 1) (Volume 1)","description":"#1 Amazon Best Seller in Philosophy Criticism.\n\n\"Thacker's discourse on the intersection of horror and philosophy is utterly original and utterly captivating...\"\nThomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy Against the Human Race\n\nThe world is increasingly unthinkable, a world of planetary disasters, emerging pandemics, and the looming threat of extinction. In this book philosopher Eugene Thacker suggests that we look to the genre of horror as offering a way of thinking about the unthinkable world. 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.\n\nIn the Dust of This Planet explores these relationships between philosophy and horror. 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. Likewise, Thacker takes horror to mean something beyond the focus on gore and scare tactics, but as the under-appreciated genre of supernatural horror in fiction, film, comics, and music.\n\nThis relationship between philosophy and horror does not mean the philosophy of horror, if anything, it means the reverse, the horror of philosophy: those moments when philosophical thinking enigmatically confronts the horizon of its own existence. For Thacker, the genre of supernatural horror is the key site in which this paradoxical thought of the unthinkable takes place.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 184694676X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.184694676X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Thacker, Eugene\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44525117898813,"sku":"BVV.184694676X.G","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/184694676X-0_14c71bd5-25c7-457c-a5e0-fb9398ba07cb.jpg?v=1794522697","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/in-the-dust-of-this-planet-horror-of-philosophy-1-volume-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}