The Philosophy of Mario Perniola

From Aesthetics to Dandyism

Dr Enea Bianchi (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

272 Seiten

2022
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-28147-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Enea Bianchi provides the first in-depth introduction to the pioneering thought of 20th-century Italian philosopher, Mario Perniola. Examining Perniola’s entire oeuvre, this book also pushes his philosophy into new directions by investigating the connection between his aesthetics and the philosophical underpinnings of dandyism.

Rich in influences, from ancient Stoicism to Roman ritualism, Baroque literature and avant-garde revolutionary movements, Perniola’s philosophy is wide-ranging. This book highlights and explores numerous notions pivotal to understanding Perniola’s thought, including: the “sex appeal of the inorganic”, the “enigma”, “strategic beauty” and the “artistic shadow”. Combining these concepts with three exemplar dandies – George Brummell, Charles Baudelaire and Oscar Wilde – Bianchi demonstrates not only the close relationship between their principles and Perniola’s aesthetics, but their shared, and timely, opposition to the status quo.

A dandy philosophy emerges, which challenges the individual not only to refute the ongoing commodification of tastes, emotions and lifestyles, but also to develop a welcoming and loving disposition with respect to the enigma of our prismatic world.

Autor

Enea Bianchi obtained his PhD at the University of Galway, Ireland, with a thesis on the philosophy of Mario Perniola. He is member of the Editorial Board for the journal of aesthetics and cultural studies Ágalma, and, in 2022, he was elected delegate-at-large for the International Association for Aesthetics. He has published numerous articles on aesthetics, material culture and Perniola’s thought.

Inhalt

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations of Perniola’s Works

Introduction

Part 1
1. The Suicide of Literature
2. To Love or Smash Images? The Dimension of the Simulacrum
3. Action at the End of Action: Rituals without Myths
4. George Bryan Brummell: The Ritual Clothing

Part 2
5. What Is It Like to Be a Thing?
6. A Queering Agency: Perniola’s The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic
7. Beauty is Like a Blade: Towards a Strategic Theory of Aesthetics
8. Charles Baudelaire: Greatness without Convictions

Part 3
9. The Artistic Alienation and the Situationist International
10. A Shadow and Its Art
11. Oscar Wilde: the In-Between Dandy

Conclusion

Notes
References
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.07.2022
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 156 x 234 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 1-350-28147-6 / 1350281476
• ISBN-13: 978-1-350-28147-9 / 9781350281479
• Zustand: Neuware