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Weird Mysticism: Philosophical Horror and the Mystical Text (Critical Conversations in Horror Studies)

Brad Baumgartner

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Description:Weird Mysticism identifies and evaluates a new category of theoretical inquiry by showing the influence of speculative writing on three intersecting critical categories: horror fiction, apophatic mysticism, and philosophical pessimism. Exploring the work of Thomas Ligotti, Georges Bataille, and E. M. Cioran, Baumgartner argues that these "weird mystics" employ an innovative mode of negative writing that seeks to merge new conceptions of reality. While exploring perennial questions about "the absolute," the Outside, and other philosophical concepts, these authors push the limits of representation, experimenting with literary form, genre-bending, and aphoristic discourse. As their works reveal, the category of weird mysticism both conjoins and obscures the link between traditional mysticism and philosophical horror fiction, with weirdness itself being the central magnet that draws the seemingly disparate realms of horror fiction, philosophy, and mysticism together. Highlighting the theoretical stakes of the horror genre, Baumgartner's study reveals how the mystical potentially recuperates the limits of philosophical thinking, enabling reflection on--and possibly challenging--the limits of human understanding.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Weird Mysticism: Philosophical Horror and the Mystical Text (Critical Conversations in Horror Studies). To get started finding Weird Mysticism: Philosophical Horror and the Mystical Text (Critical Conversations in Horror Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Weird Mysticism identifies and evaluates a new category of theoretical inquiry by showing the influence of speculative writing on three intersecting critical categories: horror fiction, apophatic mysticism, and philosophical pessimism. Exploring the work of Thomas Ligotti, Georges Bataille, and E. M. Cioran, Baumgartner argues that these "weird mystics" employ an innovative mode of negative writing that seeks to merge new conceptions of reality. While exploring perennial questions about "the absolute," the Outside, and other philosophical concepts, these authors push the limits of representation, experimenting with literary form, genre-bending, and aphoristic discourse. As their works reveal, the category of weird mysticism both conjoins and obscures the link between traditional mysticism and philosophical horror fiction, with weirdness itself being the central magnet that draws the seemingly disparate realms of horror fiction, philosophy, and mysticism together. Highlighting the theoretical stakes of the horror genre, Baumgartner's study reveals how the mystical potentially recuperates the limits of philosophical thinking, enabling reflection on--and possibly challenging--the limits of human understanding.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Weird Mysticism: Philosophical Horror and the Mystical Text (Critical Conversations in Horror Studies). To get started finding Weird Mysticism: Philosophical Horror and the Mystical Text (Critical Conversations in Horror Studies), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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