Mario Perniola

Mario Perniola (born May 20, 1941 in Asti , † January 9, 2018 in Rome ) was an Italian philosopher . He worked in particular on art theory and aesthetics. His writings deal with the avant-garde , the situationic international , postmodernism and critical theory . He was editor of the cultural studies journal Agalma .

Life

Mario Perniola studied with Luigi Pareyson and was thus influenced by the famous Turin School, which also produced other important contemporary thinkers such as Umberto Eco and Gianni Vattimo . His early work dealt with metal literature - which also established his contact with, for example, Eugenio Montale . Between 1966 and 1969 he was in close contact with the Situationist International (founded by Guy Debord ). From 1976 to 1983 he taught at the University of Salerno , after which he held a professorship at the University of “Tor Vergata” in Rome. He was visiting professor at many universities and research centers in France, Denmark, Brazil, Canada, Japan and the USA. Perniola has authored several influential books - the best known is Der Sex-Appeal des Inorganischen (in German 1999). Many of his writings have been translated into numerous languages. It was the editor of several magazines: Agaragar (1971 to 1973), Clinamen (1988 to 1992), Estetica News (1988 to 1995) and Ágalma. Rivista di studi culturali e di estetica (since 2000).

theory

His philosophical work deals primarily with four groups of questions: the body and its perceptions; Rituals beyond assigning meaning; différance as a tradition of thought beyond dialectics; and art as a historical category. The first group is closely related to contemporary approaches dealing with reification ( Marxism ), sexual fetishism and the feelings emanating from things; the second is linked to the latest anthropological and historical research on ritual, particularly in ancient Rome and Catholicism; the third belongs to a tradition of thought that extends from Friedrich Nietzsche , Georges Bataille and Martin Heidegger to Jacques Derrida and deconstructivism ; and the fourth is devoted to the historical and social conditions for the production and appreciation of artistic and aesthetic experience and combines traditional philosophical positions with contemporary traditions of thought, such as those established by British cultural and media studies .

Works (selection)

• Enigmas. The Egyptian Moment in Society and Art . Verso, London and New York 1995, ISBN 1-85984-061-2 .
• L'estetica del Novecento . Il Mulino, Bologna 1997, ISBN 88-15-06028-6 .
• Disgust. The new aesthetic tendencies . From the Ital. by Nicole Finsinger, Turia & Kant, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85132-271-1 .
• The sex appeal of the inorganic . From the Ital. by Nicole Finsinger, Turia & Kant, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85132-195-2 .
• Ritual thinking. Sexuality, Death, World . Humanity Books, Amherst (USA) 2000, ISBN 1-57392-869-0 .
• The art and its shadow . From the Ital. by Anja Hilgert, Diaphanes , Zurich / Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-935300-15-8 .
• Against communication . From the Ital. by Sabine Schneider Merve Verlag , Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-88396-213-9 .
• About feeling . Merve Verlag, from the Ital. by Sabine Schneider, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-88396-243-6 .
• "The Situationists. Prophecy of the 'Society of the Spectacle'", From the Ital. by Laura Albers, Vienna-Berlin, Turia & Kant, 2010, ISBN 978-3-85132-601-7 .
• From feeling catholic . Translated from the Italian by Sabine Schneider, Matthes & Seitz Berlin , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-88221-967-8

literature

• Elisabeth von Samsonow : Discharge of Neuron Populations? In: The Sex-Appeal of the Inorganic. Turia & Kant, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85132-195-2 .
• Of sentient things. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung No. 151, 3./4. July 1999.
• Walter Moser: Baroque. In: Karlheinz Barck (Ed.): Aesthetic basic concepts. Volume 1, Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart, Weimar 2000, p. 583.
• Bettina Köhler: square, circle and organic pod. In: Trans-Human. Zurich, No. 6, May 2000.
• Robert Burch: The Simulacrum of Death. Perniola beyond Heidegger and Metaphysics? In: James Swearingen, Johanne Cutting-Gray (Ed.): Feeling the Difference, Extreme Beauty. Esthetics, Politics, Death. Continuum, New York, London 2002.
• Nils Röller: Simulation. In: Joachim Ritter , Karlfried founder (Hrsg.): Historical dictionary of philosophy. Volume IX, Schwabe & CO AG, Basel 1971-2004.
• Stella Sandford: The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic. Philosophies of Desire in the Modern World. In: Radical Philosophy. London 2004, no 127.
• Josef Früchtl: And then it says again: I didn't mean it that way. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of March 31, 2006.
• Ursula March : The Art of Skilful Insult. In: Die Zeit of April 27, 2006.
• Hanns-Josef Ortheil : No communication. In: Die Welt from May 16, 2006.
• Erik M. Vogt: Between Sensology and Aesthetic Dissent. Essays on Mario Perniola and Jacques Rancière . Turia + Kant, Vienna - Berlin, 2019.

Web links

• Literature by and about Mario Perniola in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal website
• Dieter Wenk: Your speech is “no, no” . Review of Wider die Kommunikation on Textem.de , November 14, 2005
• Mathias Fuchs: fluID - arena of identities - Spie (ge) l . Website netzspannung.org of the Fraunhofer Institute for Intelligent Analysis and Information Systems , April 8, 2004
• Steven Shaviro: The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic . Review of The Sex Appeal of the Inorganic on the Shaviro Blog, August 23, 2005 (English)

Individual proof

1. ↑ Vicenzo Trione: Morto Mario Perniola, il filosofo esploratore dei media e dell'arte . Corriere della Sera , January 9, 2018, accessed January 10, 2018 (Italian).