The Science of Pleasure: Cosmos and Psyche in the Bourgeois World

ISBN-13: 9781138468191 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Harvie Ferguson

Opis

We live, we are told, in bourgeois societies. But what is the bourgeois worldview? In this book, the author argues that science - the attempt to describe the order of things 'objectively' and 'dispassionately' - is the highest expression of bourgeois thought.

Recenzje

`Reading it has been an inspiring and indeed pleasurable experience. Dr Ferguson has produced a full-blown, perfectly accomplished work.' - Gianfranco Poggi

Spis treści

Part One: Fun 1. The Dread of Chaos 2. The Fearful Cosmographer 3. The Romance of Signs The Cosmic Body Part Two 4. Hierarchy 5. Release 6. Nature The Mirror of God Part Three: Pleasure 7. Harmony 8. Mechanism 9. Egoism The System of the World Part Four: Excitement 10. Towards a Critique of Bourgeois Psychology 11. Nature's Strangeness 12. The Charm of Decadence The Symmetry of Creation Conclusion: Intimate cosmology

O autorze

Harvie Ferguson