| The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic: Philosophies of Desire in the Modern World Contributor(s): Perniola, Mario (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350018155 ISBN-13: 9781350018150 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern - Philosophy | Aesthetics - Philosophy | Movements - Post-structuralism |
| Dewey: 306.701 |
| Series: Bloomsbury Revelations |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 152 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic, Mario Perniola puts forth the radical argument that we are shifting away from organic sexuality, based on desire and pleasure, and moving towards a more neutral inorganic and artificial sexuality, a sexuality always available but indifferent to beauty, age or form. Perniola takes the reader on a tour of Western philosophy, from Descartes, Kant and Hegel to Heidegger, Wittgenstein and Sartre, to reframe our understanding of personal experience and the aesthetic world around us. In order to realize the sex appeal of the inorganic Perniola argues that we must become 'things that feel', we must think ourselves closer to the inorganic, creating an alliance between senses and things. Examples from contemporary culture that, for Perniola, are emblems of the sex appeal of the inorganic, include progressive rock music, fashion, deconstructive architecture and the novels of Georges Perec. |