{"product_id":"the-art-of-shrinking-heads-9780745636900","title":"The Art of Shrinking Heads","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This little four-chapter book is valuable because it engages with aspects of that theory that are not readily available to an English-speaking audience. There is a useful range of references to existing French debates in the book, and the book is a good contribution to these debates, and so also as a consequence to some parallel debates in the English-speaking world.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBritish Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"In this fascinating book, Dany-Robert Dufour shows the dangers we are facing in a society that promotes excessive individualism. This book enables us to understand why it is not a contradiction to feel increasingly dissatisfied in a society which seemingly offers an abundance of freedom and choice. In a cunning way, today's consumerist ideology actually thrives on our dissatisfactions. This book gives us the tools to understand and fight against it.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRenata Salecl, \u003ci\u003eUniversity of Ljubljana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword. \u003cp\u003e1. From Modernity to Postmodernity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMapping the Transition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Homo Zappiens Goes to School.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Denial of Generational Difference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Denial of Sexion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Neo-Liberalism as Desymbolisation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Form of Domination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767975936343,"sku":"9780745636900","price":16.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745636900.jpg?v=1758715754","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-art-of-shrinking-heads-9780745636900","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}