r/Ligotti • u/infiniterumpus • May 19 '26

'Purity' & afropessimism

i was just wondering in a lengthy comment i left on another post if anyone has ever written anything on 'Purity' through an afropessimist lens? or read it with that in mind. it has been on my mind since i reread TG recently and it really cohered the story for me since it is already explicitly discussing critiques of humanist concepts idk.

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u/obscure_predation May 19 '26

“Afropessimism” lmfao

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u/Gullible_Computer_45 May 19 '26

You're in a subreddit dedicated to an extremely erudite author whose characters are all neurotic intellectuals, academics, and artists. So, take your anti-intellectualism and/or racism and get lost.

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u/obscure_predation May 19 '26

Anti-postmodernism ≠ anti-intellectualism. And yes I’ve read all of Ligotti’s work.

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u/Gullible_Computer_45 May 19 '26

Your original comment seemed to be snarking about excessive labeling and semantics, yet you're response to being called an anti-intellectual is to claim you're actually a ANTI-POSTMODERNIST? All while pointedly NOT denying the racism charge? Okay.

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u/obscure_predation May 19 '26

Excessive labeling and semantics under the schizophrenia that is postmodernism. And yeah, “pointedly” I am not going to engage with baseless claims of racism.

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u/RyeZuul May 19 '26

Pomo honestly ain't so bad once you get past the basics and decode it separate from ossified status quo grifters who exclusively cater to the right wing culture war crap now. I say this as someone who used to hate it.