The Metaphysics of Self-Immolation
by Fuck Theory

The Metaphysics of Self-Immolation
By Fuck Theory
60 pages
Design by Riley Hooker
Typeset in Alpina Typewriter by Grilli

Published by Genderfail
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with Façadomy
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Edition of 450
Risograph printed by Be Oakley in Queens, NY
on the homeland of the Lenape (Lenapehoking)
who were violently displaced as a result of European settler
colonialism over 400 years.

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Black Speckletone 80LB Cover
Natural Parchtone 60LB Text
Butcher Orange Dur-O-Tone Envelope

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The Metaphysics of Self-Immolation is an essay in book form by Fuck Theory In Memory of Aaron Bushnell.

From the designer:

It’s May 05, 2024. I’m in a kratom bar in lower Manhattan. It’s 1:36 am. We’ve been watching a genocide on our iPhones for seven months now. We’re inundated with statistics, facts, and figures that aim to quantify the horrors being inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces in Palestine. As the body count rises to unfathomable new heights every week, I’m reminded of something I read in Carlo Rovelli’s book The Order of Time:

“When words fail us, we use math
to describe the inexpressible.
The things that terrify us most.
The vastness of space, the shape of time,
the weight and worth of a human soul.”


In April of 2024, the energy and numbers at the rallies started to fade. I had begun to fade. It’s easy to fixate on rapid-fire updates in an atmosphere of histrionic despotism. It’s rare, though, to be able to slow down time and reflect during a groundswell moment of civil unrest while it’s happening. Rarer still that a philosopher can offer a timely response—to remind us that the weight and worth of life eclipses the value of any currency, war, or politics. When I read this text, I was reminded that In times like these, when the narrative seems to lose its edge, the philosopher’s tools can be a great source of renewal. My publishing practice, however infrequent, comes from a desire to provide narratives found in short supply. It wouldn’t be possible without comrades like Genderfail, whose support in producing this book enabled us to respond cooperatively and urgently. The student encampments enlivened the resistance and raised the stakes during that time. I hope that the words in this book can be a source of renewal for anyone running the risk of losing momentum in their role, however small, in the liberation of the Palestinian people. This is to remind us that Aaron Bushnell’s sacrifice continues to be an act of generosity that, on some level, can work as an allegory for the value of every life lost to this cause.

Riley Hooker  Editor, Façadomy

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