Architecture in the age of pornography : reading Alain Badiou /: reading Alain Badiou. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nadir Lahiji.
• Authors: Lahiji, Nadir, 1948-
• Contents: PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHTS ON PORNOGRAPHY 1. Visibility of the invisible: Pornography and utilitarianism 2. Profanation and pornography 3. The society of pornography 4. Pornography and the society of spectacle PART II: BADIOU AND THE PORNOGRAPHIC PRESENT 5. The fetish of democracy 6. The reign of the image and the phallic fetish of our time 7. The brothel and the Chief of Police PART III: THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE PORNOGRAPHIC AGE 8. Appearance and Schein 9. Building between nudity and clothing 10. Digital tattooists, or, the new criminals 11. The obscene surplus of drapery 12. Veiling and unveiling 13. Pornography and exhibition- value PART IV: ARCHITECTURE AND POLITICAL TRUTH: CRITIQUE OF PORNOGRAPHIC CAPITALISM 14. Utilitarianism, happiness, and the use of pleasure 15. Philosophy and happiness 16. Political truth, ideology, and the camera obscura 17. Architecture, capitalism, and the pornographic apparatus
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 720.1; Architecture -- Philosophy; Image (Philosophy)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000440911; 9781000440843; 9781003195092
• Related ISBNs: 9781032049045; 9781032049052
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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