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The issue frames “monster” as more than a social representation, treating it as an un-figuring of the socio-econom-ethical field. Essays and interviews explore Gothic metaphor, cinematic and video horror boundaries, occult negation, and practical nihilism through Scott Bakker’s “Neuropath.”","art philosophy horror  \nvol.2 Gods & Monsters  \nContents  \nEditorial  \nCaryn Coleman and Tom Trevatt............................................3  \nA Critique of Practical Nihilism: Agency in Scott Bakker’s “Neuropath”Mark Fisher...............................................................................5  \nIguana Runs This Town Dave Tompkins: Interview with Walter Murch.......................13  \nI, Monster: Gothic Metaphor in the Making and Unmaking of Andy Warhol Gilda Williams..........................................................................19  \nOccult Negations or, The Changing “Standard of Reality”: Notes on Jeremy Millar Benjamin Noys with work by Jeremy Millar............................31  \nGods and Monsters Image Essay Caryn Coleman and Tom Trevatt............................................39  \nCry Me a River: Darren Banks’I’m Sure if there  \nwere a Monster in the Midlands we would have seen it on the Telly Caryn Coleman.........................................................................42  \nMonsters, Marvels, Mystery, Morbidity, Melancholy Allen S. Weiss with Work by Ronald Gonzalez.........................44  \nNotes on Contributors...........................................................45  \nEditorial  \nCaryn Coleman and Tom Trevatt  \nIt’s with fiendish delight that we present to you the second issue of Incognitum Hactenus, Gods and Monsters.  \nTo a new world of gods and monsters…  \nDoctor Pretorius, Bride of Frankenstin (James Whale, 1935)  \nThe second issue of Incognitum Hactenus tackles the complex ideas of monstrosity embedded in Doctor Pretorius’ devilish quote. In this attempt, our Gods and Monsters issue poses a twofold question through, with, and about the monstrous. The first question is of our current socio-economic situation by addressing power structures, struggles for control, and the resulting monstrosities. The second, however, demands that we think of the monster as notjust a figure that appears through the socialising and economising of the real, but as the un-figuring of the socio-econom-ethical field by the real.  \nHumans make monsters with their impact (be that through capital, religion, politics or ecology) but they must also confront the monstrous real as radically divorced from these realms. As a weirding of the empirical, the monster presents something that cannot appear within our own purview. Instead the monster exists independently of us, from our own world but as though from another.  \nThe incredible contributors to Gods and Monsters take on board the “monster” in its various incarnations. Gilda Williams’s “I, Monster: Gothic Metaphor in the Making and Unmaking of Andy Warhol” discusses Gothic monster-making in relation to Warhol’s self-construction. Dave Tompkins interviews Walter Murch, the screenwriter and editor for George Lucas’ first film THX-1138 (1971) in which a “Big Brother like” futuristic society located beneath the Earth’s surface are controlled by the government through drugs and subliminal adverstising. Through eliminating the representation of  \nthe monster in select horror films, Darren Banks’ video I’m sure if there were a monster in the midlands we would have seen it on the telly reveals the liminal boundary between a place of sanctuary and a site of terror. Benjamin Noys tackles Jeremy Millar’s work as a form of absence and negation, focusing specifically on the powers of these in relation to the interpretative function, proposing the occulting of thought as a strategy. Mark Fisher discusses Scott Bakker’s Neuropath, drawing similarities between Bakker’s work and the neuroscience of Pat and Paul Churchland, and the horror of Thomas Ligotti, approaching a critique of capital as dominant force. Allen S. Weiss presents his monstrous alphabet, originally written for artist Ronald Gonzalez, whose work Bundle is included here.  \nAnd finally, it is with sincere admiration and a heavy heart that we dedicate Gods and Monsters in tribute to Mike Kelley (1954-","cbCaijmm1Ebjljqr","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijmm1Ebjljqr","pdf",2760045,1,51,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Editorial\n## A Critique of Practical Nihilism: Agency in Scott Bakker’s “Neuropath”\n## Iguana Runs This Town Dave Tompkins: Interview with Walter Murch\n## I, Monster: Gothic Metaphor in the Making and Unmaking of Andy Warhol\n## Occult Negations or, The Changing “Standard of Reality”: Notes on Jeremy Millar\n## Gods and Monsters Image Essay\n## Cry Me a River: Darren Banks’ “I’m Sure if there were a Monster in the Midlands we would have seen it on the Telly”\n## Monsters, Marvels, Mystery, Morbidity, Melancholy","[{\"question\":\"What central idea does the editorial introduce for this issue?\",\"answer\":\"The editorial asks how monstrosity operates through and about the monstrous—both in current socio-economic conditions and as something that is not reducible to ordinary social representation.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the issue relate “monster-making” to Andy Warhol?\",\"answer\":\"Gilda Williams’s piece connects Gothic monster-making with Warhol’s self-construction, treating the monster as a metaphorical process rather than a simple depiction.\"},{\"question\":\"What is the focus of Mark Fisher’s critique of practical nihilism?\",\"answer\":\"Mark Fisher examines Scott Bakker’s “Neuropath,” relating the novel’s ideas to broader concerns about cognition, agency, and the practical presence of nihilism in modern life.\"}]","Incognitum Hactenus - 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