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''''Eugene Thacker''' is an author and associate professor at [[The New School]] in New York. Thacker is known for his work in philosophy, media theory, 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, E.M. Cioran, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Arthur Schopenhauer, H.P. Lovecraft, and medieval mysticism. Thacker’s most recent books are ''Horror of Philosophy'' and ''After Life''. Thacker periodically writes a column for Mute Magazine called "Occultural Studies." In 2012 Thacker wrote the Forewords to the English editions of the works of [[E.M. Cioran]], published by Arcade Publishing. Thacker is also an author of experimental fiction. His writing has appeared in anthologies such as ''Degenerative Prose'' (published by Black Ice/FC2), ''Diagram: Selections from the Magazine'' (edited by Ander Monson), and ''Debug: Primary Techno Noir'' (edited by [[Kenji Siratori]]). Thacker has produced book arts projects, and an "anti-novel" titled ''An Ideal for Living''. With [[Ronald Sukenick]] and [[Mark Amerika]], 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,<ref>Fakeshop is a media art group, which has presented work at Ars Electronica, The Kitchen NYC, Siggraph, and the 2000 Whitney Biennial.</ref> Biotech Hobbyist,<ref>Thacker collaborated with Biotech Hobbyist to produce ''Creative Biotechnology: A User's Manual'' (Locus+, 2004).</ref> and [[Merzbow]].<ref>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== *''Into the Influx Incision'' (Mercury Arts Press, 1994) *Editor, ''Hard Code: Narrating the Network Society'' (Alt-X Press, 2001) *''Biomedia'' (University of Minnesota Press, 2004) *''The Global Genome: Biotechnology, Politics, and Culture'' (MIT Press, 2005) *''An Ideal for Living: An Anti-Novel'' (Quodlibet Books, 2006) *''The Exploit: A Theory of Networks',' co-authored with [[Alexander R. Galloway]] (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) *''After Life'' (University of Chicago Press, 2010) *''Horror of Philosophy, vol. 1 - In The Dust Of This Planet'' (Zero Books, 2011) *''Dark Nights of the Universe'' (with Daniel Coluciello Barber, Nicola Masciandaro, and [[Alexander R. Galloway]]) ([NAME] Publications, 2013) *''Excommunication: Three Inquiries in Media and Mediation'' (with [[Alexander R. Galloway]] and [[McKenzie Wark]]) (University of Chicago Press, 2013) ==See also== * [[Georges Bataille]] * [[Gilles Deleuze]] * [[Michel Foucault]] * [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] * [[horror fiction]] * [[experimental literature]] * [[biopunk]] * [[antihumanism]] * [[Emil Cioran]] ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.newschool.edu/public-engagement/ma-media-studies-faculty/?id=87938 The New School: Eugene Thacker] * [http://www.metamute.org/editorial/occultural-studies-column Occultural Studies Column], ''[[Mute (magazine)|Mute]]''. * [http://prn.fm/2012/07/19/expanding-mind-horror-philosophy-071912 'Horror of philosophy' interview] on Expanding Mind Radio, 9 July 2012 * [http://ttbook.org/book/horror Interview on philosophy and horror], To The Best Of Our Knowledge, 10/30/2011 * [http://vimeo.com/groups/86415/videos/22862986 Black Infinity], lecture at the "Leper Creativity" conference, The New School, 11 March 2011 (with co-panelists Alex Galloway and Nicola Masciandaro) * [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://roychristopher.com/eugene-thacker-whole-earth-dna Interview with Roy Christopher] from 2006, also in the book ''Follow for Now''. * [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://vimeo.com/16642791 Lecture at The New School], November 8, 2010 * [http://incognitumhactenus.com/nekros-or-the-poetics-of-biopolitics Nekros or the Poetics of Biopolitics], "Incognetum Hactenus - A Journal on Art, Philosophy, and Horror" * [http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pmed/journal/v3/n1/index.html Wayless Abyss: Mysticism, Mediation, & Divine Nothingness], Postmedieval journal #3 (2012) * [http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/31403831 All for Nought], Nietzsche Workshop IV, Parsons/The New School, 13 April 2013 (starts at 35:00 min) * [https://archive.org/details/DarkNightsOfTheUniverseEtNoxSicutDiesIlluminabitur Dark Nights of the Universe], The Public School NYC/Recess Gallery, April 26-29 2012 (with Daniel Coluciello Barber, Nicola Masciandaro, and [[Alexander R. Galloway]]) * [http://www.scapegoatjournal.org/docs/05/SG_Excess_378-387_F_Thacker.pdf "The Sight of a Mangled Corpse - Interview with Eugene Thacker," in the journal Scapegoat, issue 05 (2013)] {{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. --> | NAME = Thacker, Eugene | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = American philosopher | 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:American literary critics]] [[Category:Media theorists]] [[Category:New School University faculty]] [[Category:University of Washington alumni]]'