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The Art of Shrinking Heads
The New Servitude of the Liberated in the Age of Total Capitalism
Taschenbuch von Dany-Robert Dufour
Sprache: Englisch

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After the hell of the Nazis and the terror of Communism, it is possible that a new catastrophe has appeared on the horizon: this time it is neoliberalism that wants to create its own 'new man'.

For two centuries, Kant's critical subject and Freud's neurotic subject provided us with philosophical templates for modernity, but today modern capitalism is systematically destroying these two subjects and replacing them with something new. The two subjects of modernity both presupposed some reference to a higher value or power (like Reason) which provided a symbolic guarantor, but neoliberalism, by emphasizing the exchange of commodities in the marketplace, destroys all transcendental references of this kind. Now human beings no longer look beyond themselves and no longer have to agree about symbolic values: they only have to get on with the circulation and consumption of goods. Deprived of his faculty of judgement and urged to enjoy himself without restraint, the 'new man' of neoliberalism takes centre stage in the era of global capitalism.

In this biting critique of our contemporary condition Dufour shows that the radical transformation of the subject brought about by neoliberalism - what he calls 'the art of shrinking heads' - contains a new kind of violence which has far-reaching consequences for our ways of living together.

After the hell of the Nazis and the terror of Communism, it is possible that a new catastrophe has appeared on the horizon: this time it is neoliberalism that wants to create its own 'new man'.

For two centuries, Kant's critical subject and Freud's neurotic subject provided us with philosophical templates for modernity, but today modern capitalism is systematically destroying these two subjects and replacing them with something new. The two subjects of modernity both presupposed some reference to a higher value or power (like Reason) which provided a symbolic guarantor, but neoliberalism, by emphasizing the exchange of commodities in the marketplace, destroys all transcendental references of this kind. Now human beings no longer look beyond themselves and no longer have to agree about symbolic values: they only have to get on with the circulation and consumption of goods. Deprived of his faculty of judgement and urged to enjoy himself without restraint, the 'new man' of neoliberalism takes centre stage in the era of global capitalism.

In this biting critique of our contemporary condition Dufour shows that the radical transformation of the subject brought about by neoliberalism - what he calls 'the art of shrinking heads' - contains a new kind of violence which has far-reaching consequences for our ways of living together.

Über den Autor
Dany-Robert Dufour is Professor of Philosophy and Education at the University of Paris VIII.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.

1. From Modernity to Postmodernity.

Mapping the Transition.

2. Homo Zappiens Goes to School.

The Denial of Generational Difference.

3. The Denial of Sexion.

4. Neo-Liberalism as Desymbolisation.

A New Form of Domination.

Acknowledgements.

Bibliography.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780745636900
ISBN-10: 074563690X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dufour, Dany-Robert
Übersetzung: Macey, David
Hersteller: Polity Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 154 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Dany-Robert Dufour
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2008
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 132645428
Über den Autor
Dany-Robert Dufour is Professor of Philosophy and Education at the University of Paris VIII.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Foreword.

1. From Modernity to Postmodernity.

Mapping the Transition.

2. Homo Zappiens Goes to School.

The Denial of Generational Difference.

3. The Denial of Sexion.

4. Neo-Liberalism as Desymbolisation.

A New Form of Domination.

Acknowledgements.

Bibliography.

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Genre: Importe, Psychologie
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780745636900
ISBN-10: 074563690X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Dufour, Dany-Robert
Übersetzung: Macey, David
Hersteller: Polity Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 154 x 12 mm
Von/Mit: Dany-Robert Dufour
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.2008
Gewicht: 0,29 kg
Artikel-ID: 132645428
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