Hauntology, Lost Futures and 80s Nostalgia

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a clear introduction to hauntology and lost futures in discussions of Mark Fisher and cyberpunk.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy

Topic

hauntology

Format

explainer

Level

intro

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2019–2026

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From the original HN conversations

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• Do checkout "Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative?", It's a concise book that talks about capitalism and its effects on culture and public thought. I haven't read lost futures yet but I found this really good video discussing Mark's idea by Cuck Philosophy called "Hauntology, …

• One word: Hauntology. Jacques Derrida coined the neologism to describe narratives of the future. Hauntology is the idea that the present is "haunted" by lost futures, and refers to the return of elements of the past that "haunts" the present as a ghost. So imagined …

• It's good to see the occasional Mark Fisher thread here. On the topic of Hauntology and lost futures, I think this guy does a great job of explaining it through the analogy of the Fallout videogame series: [VIDEO] Analogies through pop-culture is something Mark Fisher …