Books by Enea Bianchi
Articles by Enea Bianchi
The British Journal of Aesthetics , 2023
This article discusses the relationship between archery and aesthetics, developing two central cl... more This article discusses the relationship between archery and aesthetics, developing two central claims. First, in order to deliver successful results, the archer should attend not only to efficiency, technique and equipment tuning but also to the aesthetic experience; second, archery shooting methods embody and express 'life-issue' statements and desires concerning our relationship with the world. Depending on the archer's shooting style, i.e., depending on the way in which a shot is executed and performed, the archer's 'sportive philosophy' is, so to speak, unfolded and made apparent. Specifically, I will argue that instinctive archery strives for flexibility and versatility toward the environment and with respect to one's own body, whereas non-instinctive approaches sharpen effectuality and results by flattening the surroundings and limiting one's own performative freedom. Exploring this idea, I will discuss the aesthetic underpinnings of archery, also showing in which ways different shooting methods lay the ground for irreducible aesthetic experiences of self-expression.
Filosofia Italiana, 2021
This article develops Perniola's standpoint on the notion of simulacrum. If the simulacrum has of... more This article develops Perniola's standpoint on the notion of simulacrum. If the simulacrum has often been understood by scholars as a deceptive simulation, Perniola instead sees it as a strategic concept for interpreting both the contemporary world, with its virtual and digital simulations, and numerous experiences and traditions of thought that have arisen in the West throughout the past centuries (such as ancient Roman aesthetics and the Jesuit-Baroque tradition).
Ágalma, n. 41, 2021
Agnotology: a Conspiracy Theory of Ignorance?
This article develops the concept of “agnotology”,... more Agnotology: a Conspiracy Theory of Ignorance?
This article develops the concept of “agnotology”, a term coined by the historian of science Robert N. Proctor and the linguist Ian Bolas. Agnotology implies the study of ignorance, especially how ignorance and doubt are strategically induced by specific agents through misinformation, misleading research and inaccurate scientific data. The aim of this article is twofold: on the one hand it summarizes the main objectives of the agnotological area of study, taking into account the state of the art over the subject matter. On the other hand it criticizes agnotology from a philosophical perspective. In fact, agnotology is heir to a metaphysical conception of reality grounded upon polar oppositions such as true/false, appearance/substance, good/evil. My claim is that agnotology’s efforts in studying the spread of ignorance remain entangled in a mindset, typical of conspiracy theories, which debases the complexity of reality into a two sided clash of ideologies.
Keywords: agnotology, ignorance, conspiracy theory, epistemology
Popular Inquiry. The Journal of Kitsch, Camp and Mass Culture, 2021
This article investigates how different philosophical traditions and schools of thought have unde... more This article investigates how different philosophical traditions and schools of thought have understood the practice and the discipline of archery. Whereas the scholarly literature on the history, the techniques and the uses of bows and arrows is diverse and extensive, my aim is to contribute to the less developed research on the relationship between philosophy and archery. Specifically, I will explore in what terms philosophers have employed the bow as a metaphor for both their standpoints and, more generally, significant aspects of everyday life.
Guizhou Social Sciences, 2020
This article provides a comparative analysis of the status of social and cultural forms in Europe... more This article provides a comparative analysis of the status of social and cultural forms in Europe and China. Specifically, it draws upon three main sources: the French sociologists Luc Boltanski and Ève Chiapello, the Italian philosopher and writer Mario Perniola, and the Chinese philosopher and aesthetician Wang Jianjiang.
I begin with Boltanski’s and Chiapello’s analysis of the transformations of capitalism which took place in Europe throughout the twentieth century. By developing their claims, I show in what terms aesthetics, art and culture have faced decisive changes which still need to be further understood and explored. I then explore Perniola’s perspective on the relationship between knowledge and power in the context of contemporary European societies. In the process, it will become apparent that Europe is entangled in a melancholic and populist syndrome which affects both the academy and culture more broadly. Finally, I investigate Wang’s notion of the “Bie-modern”, underlining the international debate it has given rise to among scholars. My aim is to show how Europe and China are currently following two divergent strategies concerning the role and the value of knowledge.
The Polish Journal of Aesthetics, 2020
Several scholars (Bartoloni 2019, Bukdahl 2017, Vogt 2019) focused on Mario Perniola's perspectiv... more Several scholars (Bartoloni 2019, Bukdahl 2017, Vogt 2019) focused on Mario Perniola's perspective on art, post-human sexuality and political theory. Yet little has been written on the philosophical and literary sources - specifically Stoicism, the Baroque and the Avant-Gardes - which influenced his standpoint. The objective of this paper is to develop Perniola's conception of a strategically oriented beauty, which implies a connection between the aesthetic element and the political-effectual one.
AM Journal of Art Theory and Media Studies, 2020
This paper explores the concept of "inorganic sexuality" in the work of Italian writer and philos... more This paper explores the concept of "inorganic sexuality" in the work of Italian writer and philosopher Mario Perniola. The main objective is to develop the controversial and original aspects of Perniola's thought within his aesthetic theory of feeling. Perniola elaborates the so-called "thing that feels", namely a feeling in which the neutral and impersonal dimensions of the things flow into organic life and vice versa. This perspective, as will be clarified, by dissolving the vitalist and spiritualist drives of the subject, enlarges the horizon of aesthetic feeling by welcoming what is commonly left outside of it: the inorganic and material world, in its surprising aspects, but also in its uncanny and disturbing ones. Therefore, the main goal of this paper is to show the significance and the value of neutral sexuality, which opens up a space of experiences beyond the traditional metaphysical oppositions such as masculine/feminine, organic/inorganic, alive/dead, real/virtual, gender/sex.
Agalma , 2020
The objective of this paper is to investigate Mario Perniola’s perspective on art between the yea... more The objective of this paper is to investigate Mario Perniola’s perspective on art between the years 1966 and 1972. During this six-year period Perniola elaborates – mainly influenced by his closeness to revolutionary and protest movements such as the Situationist International and Ludd – a political and militant theory based on the dialectic overcoming of art. The year 1972, with the last issue of the journal Agar-Agar, marks the beginning of a theoretical rearrangement regarding art theory for the Italian philosopher. Whereas several scholars have recently focused on the later phase of Perniola’s thought on art, this paper wishes to draw the attention on a less investigated area of his researches. Specifically, I will develop his claims on the identity of art and revolution and his idea of an “artistic alienation” which originated in Western society.
Keywords: art theory, alienation, separation, overcoming, avant-garde, Mario Perniola
European Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2019
The aim of this paper is to show in what terms reality can be considered as a stratification of s... more The aim of this paper is to show in what terms reality can be considered as a stratification of surfaces by developing Mario Perniola's philosophy of transit. The first part will deal with the etymology of the word transit, in order to explain its meanings and uses. As it will be clarified, the development of the notion of transit goes together with the conception of reality as deep in the sense of full, available, rich, as the realm of "difference" and "enigmas". The second part will explain the particular conception of temporality implied in the transit. Together with Perniola's analysis, Nietzschean and Deleuzian reflections about "amor fati" and "eternal return" will be further explored. This concept is crucial to understand not only Perniola's overall philosophy by clarifying his position against postmodern thinkers; it also provides a theoretical framework from which the task and the challenge of the philosopher in the contemporary world emerge.
Agalma. Rivista di studi culturali e di estetica, 2017
Dandyism or the Greatness without Convictions.
This essay revolves around the aesthetic rebellio... more Dandyism or the Greatness without Convictions.
This essay revolves around the aesthetic rebellion towards existence and society emerging from the dandy lifestyle. The dandy pursues everyday - though never declining into the "ordinary" - a way of life that can be defined in terms of "greatness without convictions" ("grandeur sans convictions", as Charles Baudelaire wrote). "Greatness", but of a particular kind from which the dandy emerges as the "king" of the inorganic against nature, of the "historiettes" against History, of futility against utility, and of the enigmatic elegance against banality.
Keywords: dandyism, aesthetic rebellion, Baudelaire, futility, greatness
Agalma. Rivista di studi culturali e di estetica, 2017
Against the Artists. Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and the Man of Art.
This essay explores the concepts of... more Against the Artists. Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and the Man of Art.
This essay explores the concepts of "art" (gei) and "man of art" (geinin) in Tanizaki's works. These two notions belong to an ancient Japanese aesthetic tradition. The concept of 'gei' means "realization", "skill", but also "technique" and "ability". Traditional stage performances such as 'nō', 'kyōgen', 'bunraku', 'kabuki', are typical examples of 'gei'. On the other hand the concept of 'geinin' implies three pivotal aspects: 1) a strict and harsh aesthetic education; 2) an environment suitable to develop the man of art's sensitivity; 3) a long process of emotional maturation. This perspective, according to this paper, sheds light on the peculiar Japanese aesthetic "difference" in relation to the concepts of art and artist developed - on the contrary - in Western tradition.
Keywords: Tanizaki, art, man of art, artist, Japanese aesthetics.
This article explores the romantic self in the social media context.
Eva Illouz and the paradoxes of “emotional capitalism”
The purpose of the following essay is to ... more Eva Illouz and the paradoxes of “emotional capitalism”
The purpose of the following essay is to explore the main concepts emerging from Eva Illouz's sociological reflections about the modern culture of love. Within her studies, the author focuses upon the relation between the principal ideals claimed by modernity (such as freedom, equality, autonomy) and their socialization, institutionalization and organization into the various social spheres – particularly the emotional one. Here emerges the so called "emotional capitalism", i.e. that particular cultural logic in which the "feeling" is the meeting point not only of the emotional instances but also of attitudes and practices belonging to the realms of the economic and the psychological.
This essay explores the main concepts emerging from George Kubler's "The Shape of Time. Remarks o... more This essay explores the main concepts emerging from George Kubler's "The Shape of Time. Remarks on the History of Things", within which the author suggests a new definition of the notion of art and an original key of interpretation for the mutation of artistic objects through historical time. On the one hand, Kubler broadens the traditional notion of art by including in it all the products made by mankind from its origins to us; on the other hand, he argues that, rejecting the notion of style, we are able to see the entire becoming of art under a different perspective. From this perspective the "shape of time" comes out: a perennial link binding together works of art even though they seem incompatible between them.
This essay explores the ways in which the concept of "intimacy" is shaped and perceived in the so... more This essay explores the ways in which the concept of "intimacy" is shaped and perceived in the social media context.
Edited Books by Enea Bianchi
Mimesis, 2021
Il 2021 segna gli ottant'anni dalla nascita di Mario Perniola, uno dei massimi filosofi italiani ... more Il 2021 segna gli ottant'anni dalla nascita di Mario Perniola, uno dei massimi filosofi italiani del secondo dopoguerra. Questo volume raccoglie interventi che esplorano la sua opera mostrandone la fertilità e sottolineando al tempo stesso la prossimità delle sue idee con le principali sfide del nostro tempo. Dall'Italia al Brasile, passando per gli Stati Uniti, l'Irlanda, la Francia, il Belgio, il Messico e la Cina, gli autori si soffermano su temi che comprendono l'estetica, la politica, la teoria della comunicazione, i queer studies, il pensiero rituale e religioso, la sessualità e la letteratura, restituendo la plurivocità e l'originalità di un filosofo di respiro internazionale e più che mai attuale.
Il Melangolo, 2021
Introduzione a "Tiresia contro Edipo. Vite di un intellettuale disorganico" di Mario Perniola
Book Chapters by Enea Bianchi
Maestri Ribelli (a cura di A. Marroni e U. Di Toro), 2020
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This article develops the concept of “agnotology”, a term coined by the historian of science Robert N. Proctor and the linguist Ian Bolas. Agnotology implies the study of ignorance, especially how ignorance and doubt are strategically induced by specific agents through misinformation, misleading research and inaccurate scientific data. The aim of this article is twofold: on the one hand it summarizes the main objectives of the agnotological area of study, taking into account the state of the art over the subject matter. On the other hand it criticizes agnotology from a philosophical perspective. In fact, agnotology is heir to a metaphysical conception of reality grounded upon polar oppositions such as true/false, appearance/substance, good/evil. My claim is that agnotology’s efforts in studying the spread of ignorance remain entangled in a mindset, typical of conspiracy theories, which debases the complexity of reality into a two sided clash of ideologies.
Keywords: agnotology, ignorance, conspiracy theory, epistemology
I begin with Boltanski’s and Chiapello’s analysis of the transformations of capitalism which took place in Europe throughout the twentieth century. By developing their claims, I show in what terms aesthetics, art and culture have faced decisive changes which still need to be further understood and explored. I then explore Perniola’s perspective on the relationship between knowledge and power in the context of contemporary European societies. In the process, it will become apparent that Europe is entangled in a melancholic and populist syndrome which affects both the academy and culture more broadly. Finally, I investigate Wang’s notion of the “Bie-modern”, underlining the international debate it has given rise to among scholars. My aim is to show how Europe and China are currently following two divergent strategies concerning the role and the value of knowledge.
Keywords: art theory, alienation, separation, overcoming, avant-garde, Mario Perniola
This essay revolves around the aesthetic rebellion towards existence and society emerging from the dandy lifestyle. The dandy pursues everyday - though never declining into the "ordinary" - a way of life that can be defined in terms of "greatness without convictions" ("grandeur sans convictions", as Charles Baudelaire wrote). "Greatness", but of a particular kind from which the dandy emerges as the "king" of the inorganic against nature, of the "historiettes" against History, of futility against utility, and of the enigmatic elegance against banality.
Keywords: dandyism, aesthetic rebellion, Baudelaire, futility, greatness
This essay explores the concepts of "art" (gei) and "man of art" (geinin) in Tanizaki's works. These two notions belong to an ancient Japanese aesthetic tradition. The concept of 'gei' means "realization", "skill", but also "technique" and "ability". Traditional stage performances such as 'nō', 'kyōgen', 'bunraku', 'kabuki', are typical examples of 'gei'. On the other hand the concept of 'geinin' implies three pivotal aspects: 1) a strict and harsh aesthetic education; 2) an environment suitable to develop the man of art's sensitivity; 3) a long process of emotional maturation. This perspective, according to this paper, sheds light on the peculiar Japanese aesthetic "difference" in relation to the concepts of art and artist developed - on the contrary - in Western tradition.
Keywords: Tanizaki, art, man of art, artist, Japanese aesthetics.
The purpose of the following essay is to explore the main concepts emerging from Eva Illouz's sociological reflections about the modern culture of love. Within her studies, the author focuses upon the relation between the principal ideals claimed by modernity (such as freedom, equality, autonomy) and their socialization, institutionalization and organization into the various social spheres – particularly the emotional one. Here emerges the so called "emotional capitalism", i.e. that particular cultural logic in which the "feeling" is the meeting point not only of the emotional instances but also of attitudes and practices belonging to the realms of the economic and the psychological.
Edited Books by Enea Bianchi
Book Chapters by Enea Bianchi
This article develops the concept of “agnotology”, a term coined by the historian of science Robert N. Proctor and the linguist Ian Bolas. Agnotology implies the study of ignorance, especially how ignorance and doubt are strategically induced by specific agents through misinformation, misleading research and inaccurate scientific data. The aim of this article is twofold: on the one hand it summarizes the main objectives of the agnotological area of study, taking into account the state of the art over the subject matter. On the other hand it criticizes agnotology from a philosophical perspective. In fact, agnotology is heir to a metaphysical conception of reality grounded upon polar oppositions such as true/false, appearance/substance, good/evil. My claim is that agnotology’s efforts in studying the spread of ignorance remain entangled in a mindset, typical of conspiracy theories, which debases the complexity of reality into a two sided clash of ideologies.
Keywords: agnotology, ignorance, conspiracy theory, epistemology
I begin with Boltanski’s and Chiapello’s analysis of the transformations of capitalism which took place in Europe throughout the twentieth century. By developing their claims, I show in what terms aesthetics, art and culture have faced decisive changes which still need to be further understood and explored. I then explore Perniola’s perspective on the relationship between knowledge and power in the context of contemporary European societies. In the process, it will become apparent that Europe is entangled in a melancholic and populist syndrome which affects both the academy and culture more broadly. Finally, I investigate Wang’s notion of the “Bie-modern”, underlining the international debate it has given rise to among scholars. My aim is to show how Europe and China are currently following two divergent strategies concerning the role and the value of knowledge.
Keywords: art theory, alienation, separation, overcoming, avant-garde, Mario Perniola
This essay revolves around the aesthetic rebellion towards existence and society emerging from the dandy lifestyle. The dandy pursues everyday - though never declining into the "ordinary" - a way of life that can be defined in terms of "greatness without convictions" ("grandeur sans convictions", as Charles Baudelaire wrote). "Greatness", but of a particular kind from which the dandy emerges as the "king" of the inorganic against nature, of the "historiettes" against History, of futility against utility, and of the enigmatic elegance against banality.
Keywords: dandyism, aesthetic rebellion, Baudelaire, futility, greatness
This essay explores the concepts of "art" (gei) and "man of art" (geinin) in Tanizaki's works. These two notions belong to an ancient Japanese aesthetic tradition. The concept of 'gei' means "realization", "skill", but also "technique" and "ability". Traditional stage performances such as 'nō', 'kyōgen', 'bunraku', 'kabuki', are typical examples of 'gei'. On the other hand the concept of 'geinin' implies three pivotal aspects: 1) a strict and harsh aesthetic education; 2) an environment suitable to develop the man of art's sensitivity; 3) a long process of emotional maturation. This perspective, according to this paper, sheds light on the peculiar Japanese aesthetic "difference" in relation to the concepts of art and artist developed - on the contrary - in Western tradition.
Keywords: Tanizaki, art, man of art, artist, Japanese aesthetics.
The purpose of the following essay is to explore the main concepts emerging from Eva Illouz's sociological reflections about the modern culture of love. Within her studies, the author focuses upon the relation between the principal ideals claimed by modernity (such as freedom, equality, autonomy) and their socialization, institutionalization and organization into the various social spheres – particularly the emotional one. Here emerges the so called "emotional capitalism", i.e. that particular cultural logic in which the "feeling" is the meeting point not only of the emotional instances but also of attitudes and practices belonging to the realms of the economic and the psychological.
Il programma della giornata:
Ore 9:00 - Registrazione partecipanti
Prima parte 9:30
Massimo Minini, Galleria Massimo Minini
Roberto Cammarata, Comune di Brescia
Filmato "Mario Perniola sul bello e sull'arte contemporanea"
Enea Bianchi, National University of Ireland (Galway),
"Mario Perniola. Pensatore del conflitto e della differenza"
Paolo Bertetto, Università La Sapienza Roma, "Filosofia cinema e cosa videomatica"
Filmato "Mario Perniola sulla rivista Ágalma"
Massimo Di Felice, Università di San Paolo (Brasile), "Nativi digitali"
Luigi A. Manfreda, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, "Il progetto Ágalma"
Dibattito
Seconda parte 14:30
Pier Paolo Poggio, Fondazione Luigi Micheletti, "Gli anni di Ludd"
Anselm Jappe, Accademia delle Belle Arti di Sassari, "Debord e Perniola"
Filmato "Mario Perniola sulla amara vittoria del movimento situazionista"
Stefano Taccone, storico dell’arte, "Perniola e i situazionisti"
René Capovin, Fondazione Luigi Micheletti, "La società dei simulacri"
ITALIAN DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK
O’Rahilly Building, Saturday, 24 March 2018
This paper revolves around the aesthetic rebellion towards existence and society emerging from the dandy lifestyle. The dandy pursues everyday - though never declining into the "ordinary" - a way of life that can be defined in terms of "greatness without convictions" ("grandeur sans convictions", as Charles Baudelaire wrote). "Greatness", but of a particular kind from which the dandy emerges as the "king" of the inorganic against nature, of the "historiettes" against History, of futility against utility, and of the enigmatic elegance against banality. Keywords: dandyism, aesthetic rebellion, Baudelaire, futility, greatness.
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Ciclo di incontri
a cura di Stefano Taccone
Sabato 26 gennaio 2013 alle ore 19:00
BAD Museum - Casandrino (NA)
Rua Lúcio Martins Rodrigues 443 - São Paulo
14 de Abril de 2016, às h.10:00
Mario Perniola - Enea Bianchi
Sentires em rede. Sentir inorgânico, devir-coisa, sensologia
Via Bellini 36
Aula Magna
ore 11,00
Incontri di filosofia, a cura di Daniela Calabrò, Adriana de Manes e Dario Giugliano
Mario Perniola - Enea Bianchi
L'urbanizzazione del mondo e il suo rifiuto
La conferenza si articola in tre parti:
Nella prima si espone il dibattito sul fenomeno urbano e la sua estensione al mondo intero: questo infatti non può essere circoscritto in un territorio o in un luogo geograficamente determinato. Attraverso le reti informatiche nasce una condizione più-che-urbana.
Nella seconda parte ci si sofferma sul fenomeno dei social-networks, attraverso i quali gruppi eterogenei di individui comunicano tra loro attraverso lo spazio.
Infine viene preso in considerazione il rifiuto di questa urbanizzazione totale, che si manifesta in esperienze artistiche ed esistenziali off-the-grid, in luoghi selvaggi e inospitali, al di fuori di qualsiasi collegamento.
Av. Universitaria 1801, Lima
Auditorio de Humanidades
9 ottobre 2014, ore 12.00 a.m.
Verso una teoria globale dell’arte
a cura di Mario Perniola ed Enea Bianchi
Javier Prado Este Cuadra 46 S/N, Lima
20 ottobre 2014, ore 12.00 a.m.
Il più che urbano e i social network
a cura di Mario Perniola ed Enea Bianchi
Facoltà di Lettere
Ciudad Universitaria UNMSM
Calle Germán Amézaga N.° 375, Lima
10 ottobre 2014, ore 11.00 a.m
Attualità di Nietzsche
a cura di Mario Perniola ed Enea Bianchi
TIME Fri Jan 10 2014 at 09:30 pm to Sat Jan 11 2014 at 02:00 am
Hopificio, P.zza Cesare Baronio 2, Rome, Italy