The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic: Philosophies of Desire in the Modern World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781350018150)

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.

Author: Mario Perniola
ISBN-10: 1350018155
ISBN-13: 9781350018150
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 02/23/2017
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d