Robert Pfaller 
On the Pleasure Principle in Culture [EPUB ebook] 
Illusions Without Owners

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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.

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Robert Pfaller teaches Philosophy and Cultural Theory as Associate Professor at the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato EPUB ● Páginas 288 ● ISBN 9781781685297 ● Tamaño de archivo 0.9 MB ● Editorial Verso ● Ciudad London ● País GB ● Publicado 2014 ● Descargable 24 meses ● Divisa EUR ● ID 8654831 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM
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