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In the Dust of This Planet

2022/4/8
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June Ambrose
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Jad Abumrad: 本期节目探讨了Eugene Thacker的著作《In the Dust of This Planet》如何在流行文化中以意想不到的方式出现，从电视剧《True Detective》到时尚杂志，再到Jay-Z的服装，引发了对虚无主义在当代社会意义的思考。 Eugene Thacker的书探讨了虚无主义哲学，即世界缺乏内在意义和目的。该书的出现引发了人们对虚无主义在流行文化中的体现和意义的讨论。 Prama Murthy: 她指出《True Detective》中角色的虚无主义观点与Eugene Thacker的书中的观点非常相似，这让她感到惊讶。 Brooke Gladstone: 她认为虚无主义并非当代独有，而是贯穿历史的周期性现象，在不同时代以不同形式出现，例如达达主义和朋克摇滚。 Simon Critchley: 他认为虚无主义是“酷”的基本信条，因为它性感且引人注目，并指出虚无主义在流行文化中反复出现，但当今的虚无主义与过去的有所不同，它更强大。 David Victor: 他谈到了气候变化报告的转变，从预防转向适应，反映了人们对未来无法控制的担忧，这与虚无主义的观点存在共鸣。 June Ambrose: 作为Jay-Z的服装设计师，她解释了选择印有《In the Dust of This Planet》字样的夹克的原因，这件夹克象征着音乐行业的现状以及世界末日的隐喻，而Jay-Z穿着这件夹克，表现出他对世界末日的漠视和勇敢。 Jad Abumrad: 他总结了节目中讨论的观点，认为流行文化中的虚无主义可能是一种姿态，表现出对死亡的勇敢，或者是一种逃避现实的方式。同时，他也表达了对爱的希望，认为爱可以帮助人们克服虚无主义。

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Eugene Thacker's book 'In The Dust of This Planet' explores the horror of realizing humanity's insignificance in the universe, tracing this idea through various horror movies and music.

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Horror, fashion, and the end of the world … In this episode, first aired in 2014, but maybe even more relevant today, things get weird as we explore the undercurrents of thought that link nihilists, beard-stroking philosophers, Jay-Z, and True Detective.

Today on Radiolab, a puzzle. Jad’s brother-in-law wrote a book called 'In The Dust of This Planet'.)

It’s an academic treatise about the horror humanity feels as we realize that we are nothing but a speck in the universe. For a few years nobody read it. But then …

It seemed to show up on True Detective.)

 

Then in a fashion magazine.

 

And then on Jay-Z's back. How? 

We talk nihilism with Eugene Thacker & Simon Critchley, leather jackets with June Ambrose, climate change with David Victor, and hope with the father of Transcendental Black Metal - Hunter Hunt Hendrix of the band Liturgy. )

Also, check out WNYC Studio's *On the Media *episode Staring into the Abyss), in it Brooke Gladstone and Jad Abumrad continue their discussion of nihilism and its place in history.

You can find Eugene Thacker's 'In The Dust Of the Planet' at Zero Books)

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