DARK CHEMISTRY - Philosophy, Art, and Ecology at the crossroads of Speculative Realism, November 11th, 2010 "However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness, and caprice." … Continue lendo “E.M. Cioran: The Delusions of our Sadness” (S.C. Hickman)
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“Cioran’s Revenge: The Triumph of Failure” – S. C. HICKMAN
"Cioran’s work must be understood in the pervasive climate of disappointment with political utopias. In his critique of the liberal, decadent West and the totalitarian aberrations it had led to, Cioran capitalized on the experience of the century and voiced the “spirit of the age,” gaining recognition as “prophet” of the era. He snatched his… Continue lendo “Cioran’s Revenge: The Triumph of Failure” – S. C. HICKMAN