The Subversive Past - The Pleasure Tendency

Two essays, published October 1985, exploring how human pleasure, memory, and social meaning have been increasingly shaped and suppressed by economic, religious, and political power from the Anglo‑Saxon period onwards. The struggle over how people enjoy themselves is as politically significant as the struggle over work.

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The Pleasure Tendency

Further Theses 2.

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The Subversive Past
Decline of Pleasure; Rise of Leisure

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