The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic: Philosophies of Desire in the Modern World (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
by Mario Perniola
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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 show more 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. show lessTags
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Mario Perniola is Professor of Aesthetics at the University of Rome, Tor Vergata, Italy. His books in English include Art and Its Shadow (2004) and 20th Century Aesthetics (2012) among many others.
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- Il sex appeal dell'inorganico
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- Philosophy, Nonfiction
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- 128.4 — Philosophy and Psychology Epistemology (how do you know what you know?) Humankind Human action and experience, love, suffering, pleasure
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- HQ23 .P4713 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Sexual life Sexual behavior and attitudes. Sexuality
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