![]() ![]() ![]() Thacker engages with writers like Thomas Bernhard, E.M. Infinite Resignation consists of fragments and aphorisms on the nature of pessimism, mixing the personal and philosophical. ![]() In 2018, Thacker's new book, Infinite Resignation was published by Repeater Books. His short book Cosmic Pessimism defines pessimism as "the philosophical form of disenchantment." As Thacker states: "Pessimism is the night-side of thought, a melodrama of the futility of the brain, a poetry written in the graveyard of philosophy." Thacker's work has been associated with philosophical nihilism and pessimism, as well as to contemporary philosophies of speculative realism and collapsology. Works Nihilism, pessimism, and speculative realism He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Washington, and a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University. Thacker was born and grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Thacker's books include In the Dust of This Planet (part of his Horror of Philosophy trilogy) and Infinite Resignation. ![]() His writing is often associated with the philosophy of nihilism and pessimism. He is Professor of Media Studies at The New School in New York City. Eugene Thacker is an American philosopher, poet, and author. ![]()
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