No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology
In recent decades, philosophical reflection on the utopian has focused on the analysis of the way in which the future-possible and the radically unknown or “other” influence our present. Specifically, accelerationism and Object-oriented Ontology have identified horror and weird fiction in general,...
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In recent decades, philosophical reflection on the utopian has focused on the analysis of the way in which the future-possible and the radically unknown or “other” influence our present. Specifically, accelerationism and Object-oriented Ontology have identified horror and weird fiction in general, and H. P. Lovecraft in particular, as the privileged field from which to access a radically anti-humanist absolute exteriority (Outside) with the aim of developing a new anti-species worldview, one which Timothy Morton calls “Dark Ecology.” This article analyzes the philosophical foundations of this worldview, showing the exclusive and proto-fascist character it harbors, which is why it should be clearly separated from other post-humanisms and/or new materialisms based on the hybridization and interconnection characteristic of relational ontologies.
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| spelling | doaj.art-670c62d60f8e446c812967db028ff1682023-08-22T18:22:03ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaIlha do Desterro0101-48462175-80262023-08-0176210.5007/2175-8026.2023.e92273No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecologyJorge León Casero0Julia Urabayen1University of ZaragozaUniversity of Navarra In recent decades, philosophical reflection on the utopian has focused on the analysis of the way in which the future-possible and the radically unknown or “other” influence our present. Specifically, accelerationism and Object-oriented Ontology have identified horror and weird fiction in general, and H. P. Lovecraft in particular, as the privileged field from which to access a radically anti-humanist absolute exteriority (Outside) with the aim of developing a new anti-species worldview, one which Timothy Morton calls “Dark Ecology.” This article analyzes the philosophical foundations of this worldview, showing the exclusive and proto-fascist character it harbors, which is why it should be clearly separated from other post-humanisms and/or new materialisms based on the hybridization and interconnection characteristic of relational ontologies. https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/92273OthernessOutsideWeird fictionMonstrosityAccelerationism |
| spellingShingle | Jorge León Casero Julia Urabayen No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology Ilha do Desterro Otherness Outside Weird fiction Monstrosity Accelerationism |
| title | No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology |
| title_full | No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology |
| title_fullStr | No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology |
| title_full_unstemmed | No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology |
| title_short | No one came from Outside: A critique of the abject-Lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology |
| title_sort | no one came from outside a critique of the abject lovecraftian foundations of dark ecology |
| topic | Otherness Outside Weird fiction Monstrosity Accelerationism |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/article/view/92273 |
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