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On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions Without Owners
By (author) Robert Pfaller
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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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Publisher | Verso Books
Published date | 15 Jul 2014
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Format | Paperback / softback
Pages | 288
Dimensions | 235 x 155 x 22mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 490g
ISBN | 978-1-7816-8174-9
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BISAC | social science / anthropology / cultural
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