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The Subversive Past - The Pleasure Tendency

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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
Submitted by Fozzie on April 2, 2026

Further Theses 2.

Contents

  • The Subversive Past
  • Decline of Pleasure; Rise of Leisure

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