] Associate Professor
] School of Literature, Communication, & Culture
] Georgia Institute of Technology
] eugene[DOT]thacker[AT]lcc[DOT]gatech[DOT]edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS continental and post-continental philosophy, media and science studies, science fiction, horror.
THE EXPLOIT
University of Minnesota Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0816650446
"The Exploit is that rare thing: a book with a clear grasp of how networks operate that also understands the political implications of this emerging form of power...Essential reading for all theorists, artists, activists, techheads, and hackers of the Net." McKenzie Wark, author of A Hacker Manifesto
THE GLOBAL GENOME
MIT Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0262701167
"... a powerful interdisciplinary work, in the most authentic sense of the term." Steven Kurtz
"An eye-opener for the non-expert, and an essential contribution for researchers and students." Tiziana Terranova
"Thacker's is an interesting mind that wanders in and explores many directions." Science
BIOMEDIA
University of Minnesota Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0816643530
"...provides an excellent survey of contemporary developments and issues in biotechnology and bioinformatics." Catherine Waldby
"Biomedia is a useful volume in its scope, perspicacity and, most importantly, for the kinds of questions it poses." Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
PUBLICATIONS
] "Nine Disputations on Theology and Horror", Collapse [link]
] "Pulse Demons", Culture Machine [link]
] "Biological Sovereignty", Pli: The Warwick Journal of Philosophy [link]
] "Biophilosophy for the 21st Century", CTHEORY [link]
] "Cryptobiologies," ArtNodes Journal [link]
] "Nomos, Nosos, and Bios in the Body Politic", Culture Machine [link]
] "Networks, Swarms, Multitudes", CTHEORY [link01] [link02]
] more publications...
TEACHING
] Proseminar in Digital Media (LCC8801, S07), syllabus
] Biomedicine and Culture (LCC3318, S07), syllabus
] Science, Technology & Postmodernism (LCC2116, F06)
] Intro to Science, Technology & Culture (ENGL1102, F06)
] CV
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