Ray Brassier
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Raymond Brassier (born December 22, 1965) is a British philosopher. He is member of the philosophy faculty at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, known for his work in philosophical realism. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University, London, England.
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Born | Raymond Brassier 1965 (age 58–59) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | |
Era | Contemporary philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
School | Continental philosophy Speculative realism (transcendental nihilism) |
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Main interests | Nihilism, realism, materialism, methodological naturalism, antihumanism |
Notable ideas | Transcendental nihilism, philosophy as the "organon of extinction"[1] |
Brassier is the author of Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction and the translator of Alain Badiou's Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism and Theoretical Writings and Quentin Meillassoux's After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency. He first attained prominence as a leading authority on the works of François Laruelle.
Brassier is of mixed French-Scottish ancestry. His surname is pronounced as a French word, not like the woman's undergarment in English.[2]