Interpassivity
The Aesthetics of Delegated Enjoyment
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:31st May '17
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Questions the alleged political and aesthetic benefits of interactivity and participation. Theorises the idea of the ritual, which proves useful for understanding many religions' hostilities against their own rituals. Helps you to understand the pleasure principle in culture.
Robert Pfaller advances a general theory of interpassivity as the wish for delegated consumption and enjoyment in both art and in everyday life, tackling a vast range of phenomena: culture, art, sports and religion.Why do people record TV programmes instead of watching them? Why are some recovering alcoholics pleased to let other people drink in their place? Why can ritual machines pray in place of believers? Robert Pfaller advances a general theory of interpassivity as the wish for delegated consumption and enjoyment in both art and in everyday life, tackling a vast range of phenomena: culture, art, sports and religion.
'New concepts are rare in social thinking and interpassivity is arguably the only true concept to have emerged in the last two decades... So let's not beat around the bush, Interpassivity is simply one of the great founding texts of social thought, on a par with classic works by Max Weber - Slavoj Zizek
ISBN: 9781474422932
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 175g
160 pages