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THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE HUMAN RACE - THOMAS ...

In Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction outing  an examination of the meaning (or meaninglessness)
of life through an insightful  unsparing argument that proves the greatest horrors are not the
products of our imagination but instead are found in reality.  "There is a signature motif
discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated
thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our
world."   His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural
horror  but Thomas Ligotti's first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy 
literature  neuroscience  and other fields of study  Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of his
imagination and turns it on his audience  causing them to grapple with the brutal reality that
they are living a meaningless nightmare  and anyone who feels otherwise is simply acting out an
optimistic fallacy. At once a guidebook to pessimistic thought and a relentless critique of
humanity's employment of self-deception to cope with the pervasive suffering of their existence
The Conspiracy against the Human Race may just convince readers that there is more than a
measure of truth in the despairing yet unexpectedly liberating negativity that is widely
considered a hallmark of Ligotti's work.

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