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Eugene Thacker
Education
University of Washington (BA)
Rutgers University (MA and PhD in Comparative Literature)
Era
Contemporary philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Continental philosophy
Comparative literature
Media theory
Philosophy of religion
Institutions
The New School
Main interests
Pessimism
Nihilism
Antihumanism
Anti-foundationalism
Horror fiction
Horror film
Mysticism
Weird fiction
Notable ideas
Cosmic Pessimism
The Horror of Philosophy
World, Earth and Planet
Dark Media
Biomedia
Website
eugenethacker.com
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Eugene Thacker is an American author. He is Professor of Media Studies at The New School in New York City.[1] Previously he was a professor at Georgia Institute of Technology in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication.[2] His writing is associated with the philosophy of nihilism and pessimism. Thacker's books include In the Dust of This Planet (part of his Horror of Philosophy trilogy) and Infinite Resignation. Many of his media contributions are developments of Science and Technology Studies. He has produced theory around how media informs and augments biological processes across several publications.
^"Eugene Thacker". The New School for Social Research. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
^WIRED Staff. "Tweaking Genes in the Basement". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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