The Intoxication of Destruction in Theory, Culture and Media: A Philosophy of Expenditure after Georges Bataille

Cover -- Table Of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface: The Intoxication Of Destruction -- Introduction: Destruction And Immortality -- The Origins Of Destruction, Immortality -- Expenditure And Destruction In Media Cultures -- Works Cited -- Destruction I: Energy -- Part 1: The General Economy -- Part 2: Sovereignty And Heterogeneity -- Works Cited -- Destruction Ii: World -- Part 1: Exploding Monuments (the Destruction Of Architecture) -- Part 2: Extinction (the Destruction Of Everyone Else) -- Works Cited -- Destruction Iii: Body Part 1: Spectacular Expenditure (from Sacrifice To Execution) -- Part 2: Eroticism (the Destruction Of Sexuality) -- Works Cited -- Destruction Iv: Matter -- Part 1: Accelerating Destruction (the Material Of Media) -- Part 2: The Material Of The Digital (computational Immortality) -- Works Cited -- Conclusion: The Destroyers -- Works Cited -- Bibliography -- Index Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web.