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008			161003s2014 nyu 001 | eng
020			_a9781781681749
040			_aMIUC _beng _cMIUC
082	0		_a306
100	1		_92482 _aPfaller, Robert
240	1	0	_aIllusionen der anderen. _lEnglish
245	1	0	_aOn the pleasure principle in culture : _billusions without owners / _cRobert Pfaller ; translated by Lisa Rosenblatt, with Charlotte Eckler and Camilla Nielsen.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aLondon ; _aNew York : _bVerso, _c2014.
300			_a295 p. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aOriginally published: Frankfurt am Main : Suhrkamp, c2002.
504			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aIntroduction -- Ch. 1. Interpassivity: Fleeing from enjoyment, and the objective illusion -- Ch. 2. Belief: Octave Mannoni and the two forms of conviction, Croyance and Foi ('Belief' and 'Faith') -- Ch. 3. Play: Johan Huizinga – The suspended illusion and sacred seriousness -- Ch. 4. The condition for greater fascination: ambivalence – 'Knowledge' is Hatred -- Ch. 5. Dialectics: Sigmund Fred – Ambivalence and the loss of play in culture -- Ch. 6. The pleasure principle: all culture enjoyment is Fetishistic' – The other's illusion: civilization and its contentments -- Ch. 7. Asceticism: Ascetic ideals and reactionary masses – On the organization of the libido in the belief and faith -- Ch. 8. Happiness: Happiness and the obstacles: one's own illusions -- Ch. 9. Appearance: The invisible other – Theory of the naive observer.
520			_aIn 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.
650		0	_91703 _aCulture
650		0	_92483 _aPlay
650		0	_9552 _aPerception
700	1		_4trl _92484 _aRosenblatt, Lisa _c(Translator)
700	1		_4trl _92485 _aEckler, Charlotte
700	1		_4trl _92486 _aNielsen, Camilla
942			_2ddc _cBK