abhuman 10 , 28 , 202 , 214 , 217 , 227 , 232 –235 , 240 –244 , 246 –248 , 253 , 258 , 260 , 280 , 327 , 334 , 336 , 347 , 353 , 362
anthropocentrism 9 , 15 –17 , 19 –20 , 24 –26 , 33 , 35 , 55 , 58 , 62 , 73 , 101 , 103 –104 , 106 , 108 –109 , 111 , 113 , 115 , 117 –123 , 125 –129 , 131 –132 , 134 –135 , 138 , 147 –148 , 150 , 154 –155 , 159 , 173 , 181 , 204 , 212 , 214 , 217 , 235 , 239 , 247 , 253 , 256 , 259 , 288 –289 , 294 –300 , 302 , 315 , 317 , 327 –328 , 332 , 337 , 351 –352 , 358 , 362
Bergson, Henri 65
chaos 21 , 38 , 40 –42 , 44 , 47 , 61 –65 , 67 , 69 , 72 , 99 , 103 , 106 –107 , 110 , 114 , 121 , 125 –126 , 129 , 132 , 134 –137 , 140 –141 , 146 , 155 , 173 , 178 , 181 , 183 –184 , 186 –187 , 191 , 199 –200 , 210 , 213 , 235 , 263 –264 , 271 , 290 , 292 , 296 –297 , 303 , 311 –313 , 320 , 324 , 331
Cicero 59
conservatism 12 –14 , 16 , 22 –23 , 25 , 30 , 39 –41 , 43 , 47 , 64 , 69 , 72 , 74 , 76 , 79 , 83 , 93 , 127 –128 , 149 , 157 , 164 , 166 , 188 , 322
Cthulhu 13 –15 , 17 , 21 –23 , 27 –28 , 33 –34 , 40 , 46 –47 , 49 , 52 , 64 , 67 , 88 , 94 , 100 , 102 , 106 –107 , 113 –115 , 119 , 123 –124 , 134 –135 , 138 , 140 –142 , 148 , 156 –158 , 160 –164 , 166 –174 , 176 –182 , 184 , 186 , 188 –189 , 191 , 195 –196 , 199 , 204 , 216 –217 , 221 –224 , 226 , 234 –235 , 246 , 250 , 255 , 262 , 267 , 274 , 298 , 301 , 311 , 313 315 –316 , 318 , 320 , 323 –325 , 330 , 335 –336 , 338 –344 , 346 –353 , 355 , 364
ecology 28 , 105 , 112 , 124 , 205 , 261 –263 , 268 , 275 , 279 , 283 , 287 , 290 –293 , 295 , 298 –300 , 312 , 320 , 352
Elder Things 36 , 49 –52 , 67 , 82 –83 , 142 –144 , 146 –149 , 183 , 190 , 192 –198 , 205 , 217 , 235 , 249 –256 , 258 , 287 , 331 , 337
Eurocentrism
Gothic 10 , 13 , 18 –23 , 27 –28 , 34 , 36 , 40 , 45 , 57 , 83 , 95 –97 , 100 –101 , 104 –106 , 111 –116 , 121 , 124 –126 , 128 , 132 –133 , 135 –139 , 141 , 145 –146 , 150 , 177 , 186 , 201 –210 , 212 , 215 –216 , 218 –226 , 228 –229 , 231 –235 , 237 –238 , 240 , 242 , 245 –249 , 252 –255 , 259 –265 , 267 –271 , 273 –275 , 277 –291 , 293 , 295 , 297 –298 , 300 –301 , 303 –312 , 315 –331 , 333 –335 , 337 , 339 –344 , 348 –356 , 361 –362
ecogothic 28 , 112 , 124 , 261 –264 , 267 –269 , 273 –275 , 278 –280 , 282 –291 , 295 , 297 –298 , 300 , 303 , 305 –306 , 308 –310 , 312
Harman, Graham 33 , 35 , 44 , 54 , 87 , 108 , 124 , 131 , 164 , 169 , 171 , 257 , 276 –277 , 294 , 300 , 314 , 339 , 357
horror
sacred horror (mysterium tremendum) 216
landscape 10 , 28 , 30 , 41 , 43 , 49 , 121 –122 , 142 , 146 , 148 , 256 –257 , 261 , 268 –270 , 272 –273 , 275 , 278 , 282 –285 , 287 , 290 –291 , 301 , 305 , 311 , 319 , 353 , 356 , 361
liminality 218
Lombroso, Césare 231
Lovecraft, H. P.
and realism 26 , 30 , 33 , 35 , 44 , 53 –54 , 64 –65 , 73 , 86 –87 , 100 , 103 , 105 , 107 –108 , 112 , 121 , 124 , 131 , 134 , 142 , 144 , 164 , 169 , 195 , 199 , 203 , 212 –213 , 216 , 255 , 257 , 277 –278 , 288 , 291 , 294 , 304 , 306 –307 , 314 , 319 , 329 , 332 , 339 , 349 , 357
Antisemitism of 76
Atheism of 12 –14 , 17 , 27 , 35 –36 , 41 , 48 , 58 , 60 , 62 –63 , 109 , 113 , 157 , 159 –160 , 162 , 173 , 181 , 191 , 241 , 262 , 279 , 308 , 346
Concept of beauty
Cosmic indifferentism of 10 , 18 , 20 , 22 , 55 , 63 , 65 , 68 , 74 , 83 , 89 –91 , 100 , 104 –105 , 108 , 110 –112 , 115 , 118 , 121 –122 , 125 –126 , 128 , 133 –135 , 140 , 147 , 150 , 157 , 174 , 176 , 181 , 217 , 250 , 261 , 265 –266 , 276 , 286 , 291 –292 , 298 , 313 , 347
Cosmicism of 16 –17 , 54 , 58 , 60 , 67 –68 , 76 83 , 88 , 90 , 99 –100 , 104 , 112 , 119 , 122 , 125 , 128 , 139 , 157 , 292 , 298 , 301 , 329 , 340 –341 , 357
Cthulhu canon 166
Relation to women 128
magic 22 , 24 , 27 , 158 –160 , 165 , 171 , 177 –178 , 182 –184 , 199 , 213 , 224 –225 , 288 , 291 , 298 , 313 , 341 –342 , 358 –360
materialism 9 , 21 –22 , 25 , 27 , 44 , 56 –57 , 65 , 121 , 130 , 138 –139 , 158 –159 , 181 , 185 , 202 –204 , 215 , 232 , 234 , 242 , 248 , 252 , 255 , 259 –261 , 287 , 291 , 302 , 327 , 331 , 333 –334 , 342
mediation 23 , 36 , 108 , 120 –121 , 226 , 229 , 236 , 254 , 260 , 275 , 278 , 301 , 314 , 320 , 336 –339 , 341 , 348 –349 , 359
metamodernism 47
Newport (Rhode Island) 269
Plato 64
Scruton, Roger 30
shoggoth 83 , 101 , 114 –116 , 147 –148 , 196 –199 , 204 , 217 , 235 , 247 , 249 –260 , 327 , 330 –334 , 337 , 343 , 351 , 362
Spencer, Herbert 65
weird
weird as cultural hybrid 213
Weird Tales magazine 14
whiteness 266