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200 00$aBeyond pleasure$b[electronic resource] $ecultures of modern asceticism /$fedited by Evert Peeters, Leen Van Molle, and Kaat Wils
210   $aNew York $cBerghahn Books$dc2011
215   $a1 online resource (260 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a1-84545-773-0 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $apt. 1. Cult places of authenticity -- pt. 2. Social regulation of pleasure -- pt. 3. Aesthetics and distinction.
330   $aAsceticism, so it is argued in this volume, is a modern category. The ubiquitous cult of the body, of fitness and diet equally evokes the ongoing success of ascetic practices and beliefs. Nostalgic memories of hardship and discipline in the army, youth movements or boarding schools remain as present as the fashionable irritation with the presumed modern-day laziness. In the very texture of contemporary culture, age-old asceticism proves to be remarkably alive. Old ascetic forms were remoulded to serve modern desires for personal authenticity, an authenticity that disconnected asceticism in the
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