When George W. Bush, who was a cheerleader in prep school, can say, "These aren't joyous times," who are you to hold out against gloom? Pessimism's hour is now it seems. According to Nietszche, ...

Some people look to the stock market to read the national mood. Eugene Thacker, a philosopher at the New School, can look to the enrollment numbers in his course on pessimism, which have increased ...

Nearly a century ago Max Beerbohm, in his essay “Kolniyatsch,” noticed “a seemingly inexhaustible supply of anguished souls from the Continent–infantile, wide-eyed Slavs, Titan Teutons, greatly ...

Mostly I’m referring to Thomas Ligotti, a guy who I heard about a while ago and regretted doing so. A great deal of his stuff stems from anti natalism and essentially arguing for the general ...

Join the next History of Philosophy Research Seminar on December 5 with Panu-Matti Pöykkö (UH) and Sami Pihlström (UH). *NB! Note the time change to 3 pm! The seminar is open to all interested parties ...

The perfect joke to tell a pessimist is the one about the man who has just slipped and fallen from the balcony of his 76th-floor apartment and, sailing down past the 34th floor, is heard to say, "So ...