FICTIVE NET / PORN   Site: SEX WORKS/NET WORKS    Rana Dasgupta - New Delhi based, Writing (fiction and cultural commentary), U.K. Site Description: Internet pornography in the mainstream press is usually discussed in terms of a moral binary: (1) It-corrupts-our-kids-and-should-be-banned and (2) Freedom-is-the-essence-of-the-net-and-you-can't-start-censoring. Such arguments deflect attention from what seems to be the most fascinating question for me: what is the role of Internet pornography in the creation and channelisation of libidinal energy in contemporary society? This essay attempts to place Internet pornography in a much wider context: that of the erotics of technology and the Market. It argues that Internet porn is an integral part of the capitalist sublime and that the fact that the majority of it is consumed via corporate T1 lines - by those most attuned to the erotic appeal of the marketplace - should be no surprise. Site Creator: Rana Dasgupta is a writer based in New Delhi, India.   After four years in marketing in London and New York, he is now working on a book entitled "A theology of the Market", which looks at the metaphysics of the consumerist universe.

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