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Annihilation (French: Anéantir, [a] pronounced [a.ne.ɑ̃.tiʁ], lit. ' to annihilate ') [2] is a novel by Michel Houellebecq, published on 7 January 2022 by Éditions Flammarion. An English translation by Shaun Whiteside was published in 2024.
Fanaa (Arabic: فناء fanāʾ ) in Sufism is the "passing away" or "annihilation" (of the self). [1] Fana means "to die before one dies", a concept highlighted by famous notable Persian mystics such as Rumi.
The original trilogy was released in quick succession over an eight-month period in what has been called an innovative "Netflix-inspired strategy". [8]The strategy helped the series' second and third books reach the New York Times Best Seller list and established VanderMeer as "one of the most forward-thinking authors of the decade".
Annihilation is a 2018 Lovecraftian science fiction horror thriller film written and directed by Alex Garland, loosely based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Jeff VanderMeer. It stars Natalie Portman , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Gina Rodriguez , Tessa Thompson , Tuva Novotny , and Oscar Isaac .
Ego death is a "complete loss of subjective self-identity". [1] The term is used in various intertwined contexts, with related meanings. The 19th-century philosopher and psychologist William James uses the synonymous term "self-surrender", and Jungian psychology uses the synonymous term psychic death, referring to a fundamental transformation of the psyche. [2]
The United Nations chief is warning that "humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation."
Christian writers from Tertullian to Luther have held to traditional notions of Hell. However, the annihilationist position is not without some historical precedent. Early forms of annihilationism or conditional immortality are claimed to be found in the writings of Ignatius of Antioch [10] [20] (d. 108/140), Justin Martyr [21] [22] (d. 165), and Irenaeus [10] [23] (d. 202), among others.
In particle physics, annihilation is the process that occurs when a subatomic particle collides with its respective antiparticle to produce other particles, ...