Speculative Annihilationism: The Intersection of Archaeology and Extinction

by Matt Rosen

If Levinas and Negarestani raised a child enchanted by the dark, then this is his debut. In this book, Rosen argues that current archaeological theoretic approaches are not up to the task of adequately theorizing exhumation in our present age of extinctions. Speculative Annihilationism attempts to "think thought's extinction," suggesting a new ontological ground for archaeology. Combining contemporary work in speculative philosophy, saprophytic dialectics,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789041473
• ISBN13: 9781789041477
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Zero Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"