{"product_id":"the-intoxication-of-destruction-in-theory-culture-and-media-a-philosophy-of-expenditure-after-georges-bataille-9789463724531","title":"The Intoxication of Destruction in Theory,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Preface: The Intoxication of Destruction \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Destruction and Immortality \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Destruction I: Energy \u003cbr\u003ePart 1: The General Economy \u003cbr\u003ePart 2: Sovereignty and Heterogeneity \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Destruction II: World \u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Exploding Monuments (The Destruction Of Architecture) \u003cbr\u003ePart 2: Extinction (The Destruction of Everyone Else) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Destruction III: Body \u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Spectacular Expenditure (from Sacrifice to Execution) \u003cbr\u003ePart 2: Eroticism (The Destruction of Sexuality) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Destruction IV: Matter \u003cbr\u003ePart 1: Accelerating Destruction (The Material of Media) \u003cbr\u003ePart 2: The Material of the Digital (Computational Immortality) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Destroyers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"Amsterdam University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50473242100055,"sku":"9789463724531","price":96.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-intoxication-of-destruction-in-theory-culture-and-media-a-philosophy-of-expenditure-after-georges-bataille-9789463724531","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}