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A book subtitled “Queer Theory and the Death Drive” promotes a “queer” form of this attitude as an alternative to “reproductive futurism” and is (-5[1])by Lee Edelman. Saidiya Hartman’s concept of fungibility is applied to Jared Sexton’s (15[1])interpretation of the “libidinal economy” in a formulation of this attitude developed in Red, White, and Black. God’s death (15[1])created the universe according to a book that develops an extreme form of this attitude; (15[1])that book (15[1])is The Philosophy of Redemption by (*) Philipp Mainländer. (10[3])Frank Wilderson developed (10[1]-5[1])an “afro-” form of this attitude. (10[2])The Buddhist concept (-5[1])of duḥkha inspired the author of On the Basis of Morality to adopt this attitude, which he justified by arguing that the thing-in-itself is a “blind striving” that cannot be satisfied. For 10 points, name this attitude exemplified by Arthur Schopenhauer’s (10[1])claim that we live in the worst of all possible worlds. ■END■ (10[2])

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