Teorie
Pubblicato 15-07-2026
Parole chiave
- black hole,
- cosmic imagination,
- astronoetics,
- nihilism,
- speculative realism
Questo lavoro è fornito con la licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
Abstract
How did black holes evolve into conceptual figures of speculative nihilism? This essay outlines the metaphorical convergences that recast these opaque astronomical entities as signature objects of “cosmic pessimism” in the work of thinkers like Eugene Thacker, Benjamin H. Bratton, and Ben Woodard.