{"product_id":"in-the-dust-of-this-eugene-thacker-9781846946769","title":"In the Dust of This Planet: Horror of Philosophy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thacker's discourse on the intersection of horror and philosophy is utterly original and utterly captivating...\"\u003c\/b\u003eThomas Ligotti, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Conspiracy Against the Human Race\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world is increasingly unthinkable, a world of planetary disasters, emerging pandemics, and the looming threat of extinction. In this book 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. In 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Eugene Thacker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 184694676X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781846946769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zero Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/16\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Eugene Thacker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173046087935,"sku":"9781846946769","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5ceeef-b1e1-436d-ab9e-75717685364d.jpg?v=1715654534","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/in-the-dust-of-this-eugene-thacker-9781846946769","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}