Evil
A Study of Lost Techniques
by Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh
Evil: A Study of Lost Techniques by philosopher Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh explores evil as an infinitesimal complex of techniques – subtle inflections of possibility and obscure typologies of influence that bring together the rarest philosophies of oblivion, decadence, cruelty, derangement, ecstasy, atrocity, rage, and mystery alongside the most intricate poetic genres of the rant, the elegy, the riddle, the whisper, the threat, the question, silence, and the nocturne. Through a labyrinthine series of notes, diagrams, and outer limit speculations, this book attempts to uncover those concealed fragments which together form the architecture of another world altogether.
A singular work of sustained intensity, that lures the reader into abandoned labyrinths, into alien metamorphoses. Fatal yet beguiling, it is almost unknown to encounter writing so predatorily alive. Evil is recommended for readers of the infernal works of Kenneth Grant, Michael Bertiaux, Edgar Allan Poe and Jorge Luis Borges.
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Table of Contents
Prologue
I. Principles of Evil
II. Diagrams of Evil
III. Libraries of Evil
Epilogue
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Illustrated by Ayis Lertas.
Standard Hardcover Edition - Limited to 500 copies
95 pages. Bound in black ‘metal paper’ with abyssal blue foiling on the front cover and spine, with deep blue endpapers. Printed in black and dark blue ink on 150gsm paper.
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Press, reviews, endorsements
Interview with Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh on the Acid Horizon podcast - listen on YouTube here
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About the Author
Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh is an Iranian-American philosopher, literary theorist, and professor of comparative literature at Babson College, Massachusetts, USA. His work brings together traces of experimental thought across the so-called East and West, with a focus on concepts of chaos, violence, illusion, silence, extremism, mania, disappearance, night, evil, secrecy, and apocalyptic writing. He has published nine books to date, including two volumes on madness titled Omnicide I and II, two volumes on the after-dark titled Night I and II, and a forthcoming book on secret societies titled Secret Philosophy: A Book of the Unlost. He is also the Founding Director of the Future Studies Program and editor of the Future’s Theory book series for Bloomsbury Press.
About the Artist
Ayis Lertas is a multidisciplinary artist from Athens, Greece. His work ranges from album and book cover illustrations to fashion and jewellery design. The themes of his work traverse the erotic and mystical to the absurd, comedic and grotesque, merging primitive and ancient aesthetics with pop art and contemporary culture.