Description
Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade Review"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."
British Journal of Sociology "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."
Renata Salecl, University of Ljubljana
Table of ContentsForeword.
1. From Modernity to Postmodernity.
Mapping the Transition.
2. Homo Zappiens Goes to School.
The Denial of Generational Difference.
3. The Denial of Sexion.
4. Neo-Liberalism as Desymbolisation.
A New Form of Domination.
Acknowledgements.
Bibliography.
