1st Edition
The Science of Pleasure Cosmos and Psyche in the Bourgeois World
By Harvie Ferguson
Copyright 1990
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.
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
Biography
Harvie Ferguson
`Reading it has been an inspiring and indeed pleasurable experience. Dr Ferguson has produced a full-blown, perfectly accomplished work.' - Gianfranco Poggi