How can we communicate with objects?

Mario Perniola and the feeling as a way of relating to the world

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29146/eco-ps.v28i3.28337

Keywords:

feeling, non-humans, thing, philosophy of communication, Mario Perniola

Abstract

The paper aims to expand the possibilities of understanding the meaning of communication, having as its fundamental key the concept of "feeling", formulated by Mario Perniola. By questioning the tradition of Western knowledge and the privilege of thinking compared to feeling, Perniola postulates how the suspension of subjectivity could lead to new relationships with the world and objects, which we could observe in experiences such as cybersex, the use of hallucinogens and hardcore sounds. In these examples, human reason would give space to modes of accessing the world from outside itself, promoting the "transit" or "osmosis" between interior and exterior, something capable of "putting in common" and, thus, establishing communication between human and thing, in a kind of "neutral" experience. From this perspective, in the same way that we, subjects, could renounce action, objects could act on us, arousing our attention or attracting us, in a kind of "sex appeal of the inorganic".

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Author Biography

Eli Borges Junior, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora / Centro Internacional de Pesquisa Atopos USP.

Professor Permanente do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Doutor e mestre em Ciências da Comunicação pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bacharel em Comunicação Social e em Filosofia pela USP. Foi bolsista de doutorado da Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP), com estágio de pesquisa na École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (EHESS) de Paris. Atua como pesquisador no Centro Internacional de Pesquisa Atopos USP e no Laboratório de Mídias Digitais da UFJF.

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Published

2025-12-18

How to Cite

Borges Junior, E. (2025). How can we communicate with objects? Mario Perniola and the feeling as a way of relating to the world. Revista Eco-Pós, 28(3), 385–402. https://doi.org/10.29146/eco-ps.v28i3.28337