Description
A bleak, philosophically charged meditation on consciousness, this book argues that the very gift of human awareness may be a trap—an unsettling burden that turns existence into an endless, self-interrogating nightmare. Through a series of essays and reflections, it traces how thought, meaning, and the ego can fail to deliver comfort, instead revealing the fragility of the mind’s narratives. Ligotti also turns to accounts of experiences in which the self seems to dissolve, exploring what it might mean to step outside the machinery of identity. Written in Ligotti’s distinctive, lyrical, and unsettling style, the work blends existential dread with metaphysical speculation, inviting readers to confront the possibility that the most “human” parts of us are also the most haunting.
Available Editions
paperback
Hippocampus Press
Published Jan 1, 2010
246 pages
ISBN: 9780982429693
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Details
First Published
2010
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti.