6. Immaterial Matter: Yves Klein and the Aesthetics of the Sensible

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Series Editors’ Preface vi
4. Acknowledgements vii
5. Abbreviations viii
6. Introduction: Beyond the Postmodern? The Inhuman Condition 1
7. 1. The End of Time: Evolution, Extinction, and the Fate of Meaning 11
8. 2. Information and Event: Lyotard’s Philosophy of Information 41
9. 3. Economy, Ecology, Organology: On Technics and Desire 74
10. 4. Nihilism and the Sublime: The Crisis of Perception 105
11. 5. Aesthēsis and Technē: New Technologies and Lyotard’s Aesthetics 134
12. 6. Immaterial Matter: Yves Klein and the Aesthetics of the Sensible 151
13. 7. Inhuman Arts: From Cubism to New Media 165
14. Conclusion: The Judgement of the Inhuman 189
15. Bibliography 196
16. Index 209