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Eugene Thacker is an author and associate professor at The New School in New York. Thacker is known for his writings on philosophy media theory music/sound studies and writings on the horror and science fiction genres. Thacker’s most recent books are the Horror of Philosophy series and After Life and he also writes a column called Occultural Studies. He received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington Seattle and a PhD in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University.

era
Contemporary philosophy
influenced by
Aristotle, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Immanuel Kant, Emil Cioran, François Laruelle, Foucault, Georges Bataille
main interest
Horror fiction, Horror film, Nihilism, Pessimism, Weird fiction, Antihumanism, Mysticism
philosophicalSchool
Media studies, Philosophy of religion, Continental philosophy, Comparative literature

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