{"product_id":"on-the-pleasure-principle-in-robert-pfaller-9781781681749","title":"On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions Without Owners","description":"For many illusions it is easy to find owners--people 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\"--illusions where it is not entirely clear who should be deceived. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnonymous 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 na?e idiots or \"savages\"--the possessors of stupid illusions whose happiness is an obscene intrusion into the lives of more rational creatures. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Pfaller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781681740\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781681749\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 816","brand":"Robert Pfaller","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44074860544255,"sku":"9781781681749","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_33c7e60d-6453-46fd-a033-c909dc461fb1.jpg?v=1685456196","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-the-pleasure-principle-in-robert-pfaller-9781781681749","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}