Mario Perniola
Italian philosopher
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Mario Perniola was an Italian philosopher, professor of aesthetics and author. Many of his works have been published in English. Biography Mario Perniola was born in Asti, Piedmont. He studied philosophy under Luigi Pareyson at the University of Turin where he graduated in 1965. While he was reading philosophy in Turin, he met Gianni Vattimo and Umberto Eco, who all became prominent scholars of Pareyson's school. From 1966 to 1969 he was connected to the avant-garde Situationist International movement founded by Guy Debord with whom he kept on friendly terms for several years. He became a full professor of aesthetics at the University of Salerno in 1976 and then he moved to the University of Rome Tor Vergata, where he has been teaching since 1983. He was visiting professor invited to universities and research centres, such as the University of Stanford , l’Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales , University of Alberta , University of Kyoto , University of São Paulo , University of Sydney, University of Melbourne , and the National University of Singapore. Perniola wrote many books which have been translated into English and other languages. He also directed the journals Agaragar , Clinamen , Estetica News . In 2000 he founded Agalma. Rivista di Studi Culturali e di Estetica, a journal of cultural studies and aesthetics, which is published twice a year. The breadth, insight and many-faced contributions of Perniola's thought has earned him the reputation of being one of the most impressive figures on the contemporary philosophical scene. His book Miracoli e traumi della comunicazione gained many awards amongst which the prestigious Premio De Sanctis. His wide-ranging activities involved formulating innovative philosophical theories, writing books, teaching aesthetics, and lecturing worldwide. He dedicated the rest of his time to his kindred and numerous friends, passing between his apartment-studio in Rome and his vacation home in a quaint town in the Alban Hills, southeast of Rome, where he died.
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