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Autore |
Ferguson Harvie |
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Titolo |
The science of pleasure : cosmos and psyche in the bourgeois world view / / Harvie Ferguson |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1990 |
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ISBN |
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1-138-46819-3 |
1-134-94987-1 |
1-280-13936-6 |
9786610139361 |
0-203-99294-6 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (378 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Civilization, Western |
Cosmology - History |
Pleasure - History |
Psychology - History |
Science - History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Part One FUN; Part Two HAPPINESS; Part Three PLEASURE; Part Four EXCITEMENT |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this rich and original work, the author argues that science is the highest expression of bourgeois thought and whilst it may have liberated mankind, it has also devised new forms of repression, discipline and control. |
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