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

by Harvie Ferguson

Overview

In this rich and original work, the author argues that science is the highest expression of bourgeois thought and whilst it may have liberated mankind, it has also devised new forms of repression, discipline and control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138468191
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/22/2017
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

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

From the Publisher

Ferguson (sociology, Glasgow U.) investigates the formation, structure, and subsequent collapse of the bourgeois world view, by exploring how the external and internal worlds have been viewed in relation to each other since the middle ages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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