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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Verso Books
Publication date
July 15, 2014
Pages
295
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781781681749
ISBN-10
1781681740
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$26.95
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Anxiety | Being and Time | Transference | The Use of Bodies | The Capitalist Unconscious | The Trouble With Pleasure | Looking Awry | The Shortest Shadow | Willing Slaves of Capital
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: For many illusions it is easy to find ownersâpeople who proudly declare their belief in things such as life after death, human reason, or the self-regulation of financial markets. Yet there are also different kinds of illusions, too, for example, in art: trompe l'oeil painting pleases its observers with "anonymous illusions"âillusions where it is not entirely clear who should be deceived.
Anonymous illusions offer a universal pleasure principle within culture. They are present in games, sports, design, eroticism, manners, charm, beauty, and so on. However, it seems that this pleasure principle is increasingly misinterpreted. The proud proprietors of certain illusions are no longer capable of recognizing that they also follow anonymous illusions. As a consequence, they mistake happy, polite others for naïve idiots or "savages"âthe possessors of stupid illusions whose happiness is an obscene intrusion into the lives of more rational creatures.
The misrecognition of anonymous illusions thus becomes a crucial ideological bedrock for contemporary neoliberal policy. Hatred of the other's happiness leads to the destruction of the public sphere and to a state that, rather than fostering and stimulating its citizens' capacities, interpellates them as victims and limits itself to providing "protective" or repressive measures directed against them.
Anonymous illusions offer a universal pleasure principle within culture. They are present in games, sports, design, eroticism, manners, charm, beauty, and so on. However, it seems that this pleasure principle is increasingly misinterpreted. The proud proprietors of certain illusions are no longer capable of recognizing that they also follow anonymous illusions. As a consequence, they mistake happy, polite others for naïve idiots or "savages"âthe possessors of stupid illusions whose happiness is an obscene intrusion into the lives of more rational creatures.
The misrecognition of anonymous illusions thus becomes a crucial ideological bedrock for contemporary neoliberal policy. Hatred of the other's happiness leads to the destruction of the public sphere and to a state that, rather than fostering and stimulating its citizens' capacities, interpellates them as victims and limits itself to providing "protective" or repressive measures directed against them.
Editions
Hardcover
With Lisa Rosenblatt (other contributor) |
Italian edition edition from Verso Books (July 22, 2014)
9781781681756 | details & prices | 295 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.20 lbs | List price $95.00
About: In this fascinating work of cultural theory and philosophy, Robert Pfaller explores the hidden cost of our contemporary approach to pleasure, belief and illusion.
About: In this fascinating work of cultural theory and philosophy, Robert Pfaller explores the hidden cost of our contemporary approach to pleasure, belief and illusion.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
With Charlotte Eckler (other contributor), Camilla Nielsen (other contributor), Lisa Rosenblatt (other contributor) |
from Verso Books (July 15, 2014)
9781781681749 | details & prices | 295 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $26.95
About: For many illusions it is easy to find ownersâpeople who proudly declare their belief in things such as life after death, human reason, or the self-regulation of financial markets.
About: For many illusions it is easy to find ownersâpeople who proudly declare their belief in things such as life after death, human reason, or the self-regulation of financial markets.
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