Ray Brassier

Ray Brassier
Born	Raymond Brassier 1965 (age 58–59) London, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	University of North London University of Warwick
Era	Contemporary philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Continental philosophy Speculative realism (transcendental nihilism)
Institutions	Middlesex University American University of Beirut
Main interests	Nihilism, realism, materialism, methodological naturalism, antihumanism
Notable ideas	Transcendental nihilism, philosophy as the "organon of extinction"[1]

Raymond Brassier (born December 22, 1965) is a British philosopher. He is member of the philosophy faculty at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, known for his work in philosophical realism. He was formerly Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Middlesex University, London, England.

Brassier is the author of Nihil Unbound: Enlightenment and Extinction and the translator of Alain Badiou's Saint Paul: The Foundation of Universalism and Theoretical Writings and Quentin Meillassoux's After Finitude: An Essay on the Necessity of Contingency. He first attained prominence as a leading authority on the works of François Laruelle.

Brassier is of mixed French-Scottish ancestry. His surname is pronounced as a French word, not like the woman's undergarment in English.^[2]