New video poll
Added 2018-06-24 03:29:54 +0000 UTCAs I said when I posted my last video, my next video will be something related to pop culture. Currently I have two ideas in mind. (The undone video topics in previous polls will probably return in some later polls)
1) For the video about hauntology, I would explain this term coined by Derrida, and then talk about how it was utilized later by Mark Fisher in cultural theory. I'd talk about his idea of "lost futures", in which we ironically try to recover or relive ideals and hopes for the future by going back to the past in our media. I'd talk about this particularly in terms of the current resurgence of 80s aesthetics.
2) For the 2nd option, I'd talk about the philosophy of the 1st season of the TV show True Detective, which is philosophical pessimism, explicitly talked about by one of the show's main characters Rust Cohle. I'd talk about Thomas Ligotti's philosophical influence on Rust's character, but also about the philosophical influences of Ligotti himself, such as Zapffe and Cioran. I'd explain some philosophical themes mentioned in the show, such as the depreciation and denial of life, pessimism as a worldview and antinatalism. You wouldn't need to have watched the show to understand the video, but I imagine this would be of interest mostly to fans of the show.
