On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions Without Owners - Robert Pfaller - Libros - Verso Books - 9781781681756 - 22 de julio de 2014
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In this fascinating work of cultural theory and philosophy, Robert Pfaller explores the hidden cost of our contemporary approach to pleasure, belief and illusion.


Sports, design, eroticism, social intercourse and games ? indeed, all those aspects of our culture commonly deemed ?pleasurable??seem to require beliefs that many regard as illusory. But in considering themselves above the self-deceptions of the crowd, those same sceptics are prone to dismissing a majority of the population as naive or misguided. In doing so, they create a false opposition between the ?simple? masses and their more enlightened rulers. And this dichotomy then functions as an ideological support for neoliberal government: citizens become irrational victims, to be ruled over by a protective security state. What initially appears to be a universal pleasure principle ? the role of ?anonymous illusions? in mass culture ? in this way becomes a rationale for dismantling democracy.

288 pages

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Publicado 22 de julio de 2014
ISBN13 9781781681756
Editores Verso Books
Páginas 288
Dimensiones 175 × 249 × 23 mm   ·   544 g
Lengua Inglés  

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