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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.
Contents
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
