Exaltations in the Dead of Night with Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh Part II

<p>“The omnicidal will to constitute an infinite decision implies one of two things: either to kill the unfinished, or to let the unfinished kill.”</p> <p><br></p> <p>In the second part of our conversation with Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh, we delve deep into the realm of unreality. We explore topics such as the labor associated with maintaining the criminal enterprise of the dream, the suffering and expenditure associated with visionary figures like Joyce Monsuer, the allure of totalitarian seduction during times marked by the predatory and sadistic behavior of those in authority, the phenomenon of NPC culture and the detachment /neutrality it brings, the banality of repressed nerds and the enduring shittiness of the metaverse. </p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://www.futurestudiesprogram.com/"><strong>Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh</strong>⁠</a> is a philosopher, literary theorist, and professor of comparative literature at Babson College. His work tracks currents of experimental thought across the so-called East and the West, with particular attention to concepts of chaos, violence, illusion, silence, extremism, mania, disappearance, night, evil, secrecy, and apocalyptic writing. He has published nine books to date, including: <a href="https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/night-philosophy-after-dark">⁠⁠⁠<strong>Night: A Philosophy of the After-Dark</strong>⁠⁠⁠</a><strong> &amp; </strong><a href="https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/our-books/night-volume2-philosophy-last-world">⁠⁠⁠<strong>Night: A Philosophy of the Last World</strong>⁠⁠⁠</a> and <a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780997567465/omnicide/">⁠⁠⁠<strong>Omnicide: Mania, Fatality, and the Future-in-Delirium</strong>⁠⁠⁠</a><strong> &amp; </strong><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9781733628167/omnicide-ii/">⁠⁠⁠<strong>Omnicide II: Mania, Doom, and the Future-in-Deception</strong>⁠⁠⁠</a><strong>, </strong>The Chaotic Imagination (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010); Inflictions (Continuum, 2012); The Radical Unspoken (Routledge, 2013); Insurgent, P