Extinction Matters. From a solar perspective

Giovanbattista Tusa (Universidade Nova de Lisboa)

Abstract: There is an extinction that is not death, an annihilation that is completely different from the mere end of thought. A coming solar explosion that makes the expectation of death as the limit of all life useless, unthinkable. This to-come behind us renders all memory superfluous and liberates thinking from the desire for a first cause or primal scene, effectively overcoming any separation between thought and action. When earthly memory fails, thought is reopened by the solar futurity, and cosmic contingencies take the place of the disavowal of life.

Bio: Giovanbattista Tusa is a philosopher and currently works at the Nova Institute of Philosophy of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he coordinates the X-CENTRIC FUTURES research seminar.