And now I become its mouth: On Arthur Schopenhauer and weird ventriloquism

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A recurring motif in the work of author Thomas Ligotti centers on the idea of humans and/as puppets, manipulated by looming forces that render us rather pitiful creatures who unwittingly "dance to the bizarre music of our own misery" (his words). After some thought, I wanted to explore the connections between Schopenhauer's thought and this idea, from a communication perspective, of course.

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