Mario Perniola is Professor of Aesthetics and Director of the Centre for Study and Research Language and Thought at the University of Rome Tor Vergata. His books in English include The Sex-appeal of the Inorganic (Continuum) Art and Its Shadow (Continuum) Enigmas: The Egyptian Moment in Society and Art (Verso) and Ritual Thinking: Sexuality Death World (Humanity Books). Among his recent works published with Einaudi Contro la comunicazione e Miracoli e trauma della comunicazione. He has also written for Art Forum Zone and SubStance and is editor of the journal of aesthetics and cultural studies Ágalma. Massimo Verdicchio the translator is Professor of Italian in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta Canada. . Language: English