Collapse: Philosophical Research and Development: Concept Horror Volume IV

Mackay, Robin (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0956775063 / ISBN 13: 9780956775061

Published by Urbanomic, 2008

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408 pages. 7.00x4.50x0.90 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collapse: Philosophical Research and Development: Concept Horror Volume IV
• Publisher: Urbanomic
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0956775063
• ISBN 13: 9780956775061
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.67 kilograms

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Synopsis

Investigations into the existential, aesthetic, theological, and political dimensions of horror, its peculiar affinity with philosophical thought, and what lies in wait for those who pursue rational thought beyond the bounds of the reasonable.

About the Author

Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.

Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London.

Eugene Thacker is Assistant Professor in the School of Literature, Communication, and Culture at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Reza Negarestani is an Iranian philosopher best known for pioneering the genre of "theory-fiction" with his book Cyclonopedia. (Urbanomic/Sequence Press).

Jake Chapman is a British artist known worldwide for his iconoclastic sculpture, prints and installations. Since their graduation from the Royal College of Art in 1990, he has worked together with his brother Dinos; the Chapmans first received critical acclaim in 1991 for the diorama sculpture Disasters of War, and since then they have exhibited extensively in solo and group shows. In 2015, Jake directed The Marriage of Reason and Squalor, a film based on his first novel of the same title. This book was followed by Memoirs of My Writer's Block and INTROSPASTIC: From the Blackened Beyond.