The Intoxication of Destruction in Theory, Culture and Media: A Philosophy of Expenditure after Georges Bataille
Author:   Erin K. Stapleton
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
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9789463724531


Pages:   206
Publication Date:   18 April 2022
Format:   Hardback
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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 with a philosophy of expenditure after Georges Bataille, each chapter maps different operations of destruction in media and culture. These operations are expressed and located in representations of human extinction and explosive architecture, in execution and in eroticism, and in media and digital archives, which constitute a further destabilization of the notion of destruction in the dynamic between aspirational immortality and material volatility embedded in the archival systems of digital cultures.

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Author:   Erin K. Stapleton
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463724531


ISBN 10:   9463724532
Pages:   206
Publication Date:   18 April 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements Preface: The Intoxication of Destruction Introduction: Destruction and Immortality Destruction I: Energy Part 1: The General Economy Part 2: Sovereignty and Heterogeneity Destruction II: World Part 1: Exploding Monuments (The Destruction Of Architecture) Part 2: Extinction (The Destruction of Everyone Else) Destruction III: Body Part 1: Spectacular Expenditure (from Sacrifice to Execution) Part 2: Eroticism (The Destruction of Sexuality) Destruction IV: Matter Part 1: Accelerating Destruction (The Material of Media) Part 2: The Material of the Digital (Computational Immortality) Conclusion: The Destroyers Bibliography Index

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Erin K. Stapleton is currently a Lecturer in Media and Communications at the University of Melbourne.

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