On the Pleasure Principle in Culture: Illusions Without Owners

by Robert Pfaller

For many illusions it is easy to find owners--people who proudly declare their belief in things such as life after death, human reason, or the self-regulation of financial markets. Yet there are also different kinds of illusions, too, for example, in art: trompe l'oeil painting pleases its observers with "anonymous illusions"--illusions where it is not entirely clear who should be deceived.

Anonymous illusions offer a universal pleasure principle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781681740
• ISBN13: 9781781681749
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Verso
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.2"