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Hauntology

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An aesthetic and philosophical concept discussed as representing dead hopes and dreams rather than inspiration, prevalent in contemporary art scenes.

Mentions (5)
"Or have we squeezed out most of what we can get out of music as an artform by now and are doomed to live out a hauntological musical ouroboros."
"I want to be an independent philosopher and write a book hauntology, neoliberalism, and Nick Land."
I am quitting my 150k stem job to do philosophy. · u/haunt0l0gy · ↑62 · 2020-01-13
"We used to synthesize fashion based generally upon our perception of modernity. Yet for the last nearly 2 decades it's all been nostalgia porn and hauntological irony."
We're approaching some cultural aesthetics event horizon. · u/schizoluddite · ↑49 · 2025-03-22
"Have you heard of Heteropessimism? Have you heard of Afrofuturism? Do you know what a Third Place is? Do you know what Hauntology is? Do you know what New French Extremity is? Are you AuDHD? Do you know what Post-Irony means?"
People love when a thing has a name · u/Low-Interaction-8763 · ↑38 · 2025-05-21
"Currently internet and art scenes seem to be dominated by detached and ironic representation of alienation and isolation, heavily self-referential and memetic neo-dada, retro hauntology where the past is not digged up for an inspiration for a way to move forward but a way to say that our hope and dr"
Why does optimism and energy seem to be dead from "popular" art scenes? · u/EyewitnessOfTheDeep · ↑110 · 2022-07-20
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