Science of pleasure, the: cosmos and psyche in the bourgeois world

Auteur :
Ferguson, Harvie
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415044585
Date de publication :
1 févr. 1990
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Poids :
498 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
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.