Andrea Capra holds a Ph.D. in Italian from Stanford University. He is a literary scholar whose work, drawing from philosophy and the history of ideas, focuses on the 19th through the 21st century. Capra’s current book project, “Ordinary Horror: The Retelling of an Experience from Giacomo Leopardi to Elena Ferrante,” studies horror’s presence and aesthetics in non-horror literature. His book develops a phenomenology of horror that centers on ordinary circumstances, and analyzes its presence in modernity, delving into its significance for our time. Capra also explores the role that storytelling plays in current discourses around computational technologies, particularly artificial intelligence. He maintains an active research agenda on political topics as well, especially as they intersect with fringe, online-based communities.
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