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2024OnlinePanel 12Saturday 28th SeptemberWarhammer 40k

Warhammer Lore as Apocalyptic Literature: Finding Purpose in the Grim Dark

Jaques Derrida is quoted as saying, “The end approaches, but the apocalypse is long lived.” The lore of Warhammer 40K is an apocalyptic myth created explicitly in the image of the Roman Empire. But the obvious connections to Imperium Romanum are only part of the picture. WH40K portrays an extension of the cycle of apocalypse …

2024OnlinePanel 12Saturday 28th SeptemberWarhammer 40k

In Praise of Depth: WH40K Minis as Borgmannian Things

In his 1984 study Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life—published shortly before the first edition of WH40K—philosopher Albert Borgmann provided an analysis of modern technology centered on the dichotomy between things and devices. For Borgmann, a device is an object that provides a commodity (energy, information, entertainment, etc.) while making the mechanism of that …