On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions Without Owners by Robert Pfaller

On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions Without Owners

Robert Pfaller

295 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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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 ...

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