The Intoxication of Destruction in Theory, Culture and Media : A Philosophy of Expenditure after Georges Bataille

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This book examines the desire for, and intoxication with, destruction as it appears in cultural objects and representation, arguing that all cultural and aesthetic value is fundamentally predicated on its own fragility, as well as the living transience of those who make and encounter it. Beginning w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stapleton, Erin K.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bataille, Georges, > 1897-1962 > Criticism and interpretation.
PHILOSOPHY / Movements / Deconstruction.
Mass media > Philosophy.
Aesthetics.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Preface: The Intoxication of Destruction
  • Introduction: Destruction and Immortality
  • The Origins of Destruction, Immortality
  • Expenditure and Destruction in Media Cultures
  • Works Cited
  • Destruction I: Energy
  • Part 1: The General Economy
  • Part 2: Sovereignty and Heterogeneity
  • Works Cited
  • Destruction II: World
  • Part 1: Exploding Monuments (The Destruction Of Architecture)
  • Part 2: Extinction (The Destruction of Everyone Else)
  • Works Cited
  • Destruction III: Body
  • Part 1: Spectacular Expenditure (from Sacrifice to Execution)
  • Part 2: Eroticism (The Destruction of Sexuality)
  • Works Cited
  • Destruction IV: Matter
  • Part 1: Accelerating Destruction (The Material of Media)
  • Part 2: The Material of the Digital (Computational Immortality)
  • Works Cited
  • Conclusion: The Destroyers
  • Works Cited
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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