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COLLAPSE
Collapse, an independent, non-affiliated Journal of Philosophical Research
and Development, was launched in 2006. The aim of the journal, which is
printed twice yearly in a limited edition of 1000, is to bring together
philosophers and theorists, artists and scientists to explore fundamental
themes and ideas which academic philosophy, in its tendency towards specialisation
and partisanship, increasingly fails to address.
Each volume is carefully curated so that contributions from very different areas of research intersect in unexpected and productive ways, suggesting new lines of thought. Attention to design and overall feel make Collapse an aesthetic as well as an intellectual pleasure, as can be confirmed by its varied readership (philosophers, cultural theorists, architects, scientists, artists, theologians...) which spans the globe, from London to New York, Oslo to Tokyo, Taiwan to Cairo.
Since its inception in 2006, Collapse has published pioneering work in philosophy from the UK, US, Europe and the Middle East, along with ground-breaking interviews with scientists, new work from contemporary artists, and documents in 'live philosophy'.
Collapse Volume IV: 'Concept Horror'
Contributors to the volume include: Kristen Alvanson, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Iain Hamilton Grant, Graham Harman, Michel Houellebecq, Oleg Kulik, Thomas Ligotti, Quentin Meillassoux, China Miéville, Reza Negarestani, Benjamin Noys, Rafani, Steven Shearer, George Sieg, Eugene Thacker, Keith Tilford, Todosch, James Trafford.
Collapse IV features a series of investigations by philosophers, writers
and artists into Concept Horror. Contributors address the existential,
aesthetic, theological and political dimensions of horror, interrogate
its peculiar affinity with philosophical thought, and uncover the horrors
that may lie in wait for those who pursue rational thought beyond the
bounds of the reasonable. This unique volume continues Collapse's pursuit
of indisciplinary miscegenation, the wide-ranging contributions interacting
to produce common themes and suggestive connections. In the process a
rich and compelling case emerges for the intimate bond between horror
and philosophical thought.
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to read about each of the published volumes of Collapse.
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