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''''Eugene Thacker''' is an author and associate professor in the Media Studies program at [[The New School]] in New York. Thacker is known for his work in philosophy, media studies, and the study of genre horror and science fiction. In addition to his writing on science and technology, Thacker has written on the work of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Arthur Schopenhauer, H.P. Lovecraft, and medieval mysticism. Thacker’s most recent book is ''After Life'', and a forthcoming book is titled ''Horror of Philosophy''. Thacker's earlier books include ''The Exploit'' (co-written with [[Alex Galloway]]) and ''Biomedia''.<ref>''Biomedia'' describes the integration of biology and computers in both science and science fiction. Also see Thacker's entry "Biomedia" in the textbook ''Critical Terms for Media Studies'', edited by Mark Hansen and W.J.T. Mitchell (University of Chicago Press, 2010).</ref> Thacker is also an author of experimental fiction. His writing has appeared in anthologies such as ''Degenerative Prose'' (published by the Black Ice imprint) and ''Debug: Primary Techno Noir'' (edited by Kenji Siratori); he has also produced book arts projects, including an "anti-novel" titled ''An Ideal for Living'' (Quodlibet Books, 2006). Thacker helped establish Alt-X Press, for which he edited the anthology ''Hard_Code''.<ref>An electronic version of the book is available at the [http://www.altx.com/ebooks/altx_frame.html Alt-X Press] website.</ref> Thacker has previously collaborated with Fakeshop, Biotech Hobbyist, and [[Merzbow]].<ref>Fakeshop is a media art group, which has presented performance and installation at Ars Electronica, The Kitchen, Siggraph, and the 2000 Whitney Biennial. Thacker collaborated with Biotech Hobbyist to produce ''Creative Biotechnology: A User's Manual'' (Locus+, 2004). Thacker produced a CD of noise music released by Extreme Records (''Sketches for Biotech Research,'' XCD-046), as well as a collabortive CD with Merzbow, part of the Merzbow Box Set released in 2000. The Box Set also includes a book with Thacker's essay "Bataille/Body/Noise."</ref> ==Bibliography== *''Horror of Philosophy, vol. 1 - In The Dust Of This Planet'' (Zero Books, 2011) *''After Life'' (University of Chicago Press, 2010) *''The Exploit: A Theory of Networks'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) *''The Global Genome: Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture'' (MIT Press, 2005) *''Biomedia'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2004) *Editor, ''Hard Code: Narrating the Network Society'' (Alt-X Press, 2001) ==See also== * [[Georges Bataille]] * [[Gilles Deleuze]] * [[Michel Foucault]] * [[horror fiction]] * [[experimental literature]] * [[biopunk]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [http://www.newschool.edu/mediastudies/faculty.aspx?id=55483 The New School: Eugene Thacker] * [http://vimeo.com/groups/86415/videos/22862986 Black Infinity], lecture at the "Leper Creativity" conference, The New School, 11 March 2011 * [http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2011/01/eugene-thacker-divine-darkness/ Divine Darkness], lecture at "Dark Materialisms" conference, London Natural History Museum, 12 January 2011 * [http://www.archive.org/details/DivineDarkness/ Divine Darkness], lecture at "Speculative Medievalisms" conference, King's College London, 14 January 2011 * [http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/expanding-mind/2010/9/30/expanding-mind-093010.html Expanding Mind 9/30/2010]. Erik Davis and Maja D'Aoust interview Nicola Masciandaro and Eugene Thacker on the subject of black metal * [http://www.pactac.net/pactacweb/web-content/video66.html After Life], talk and interview, Ctheory/PAC-TAC lecture series, November 2008 * [http://www.urbanomic.com/pub_collapse4.php Nine Disputations on Theology and Horror], published in ''Collapse'' vol. IV (2008) * [http://www.culturemachine.net/index.php/cm/issue/view/3 Nomos, Nosos, and Bios in the Body Politic], published in ''Culture Machine'', vol. 7 (2005) * [http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=472 Biophilosophy for the 21st Century], published in ''Ctheory'' (2005) {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Thacker, Eugene | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = | PLACE OF BIRTH = | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thacker, Eugene}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:21st-century philosophers]] [[Category:American philosophers]] [[Category:Media theorists]] [[Category:New School University faculty]]'