Interpassivity : : The Aesthetics of Delegated Enjoyment / / Robert Pfaller.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Pfaller, Robert,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Incitements : INCI
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: Interpassivity Today --; 1 The Work of Art that Observes Itself: The Aesthetics of Interpassivity --; 2 The Parasites of Parricide. Living through the Other when Killing the Father: Interpassivity in The Brothers Karamazov --; 3 Little Gestures of Disappearance: Interpassivity and the Theory of Ritual --; 4 Interpassivity and Misdemeanours: The Art of Thinking in Examples and the Žižekian Toolbox --; 5 Against Participation --; 6 Matters of Generosity: On Art and Love --; 7 What Reveals the Taste of the City: The Ethics of Urbanity --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781474422949; 9783110781403
• DOI: 10.1515/9781474422949
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Robert Pfaller.

A radical criticism of current assumptions in the field of cultural theory todayWhy do people record TV programmes instead of watching them? Why do some recovering alcoholics let others drink in their place? Why can ritual machines pray in place of believers? Robert Pfaller advances the theory of 'interpassivity' as delegated consumption and enjoyment. Applicable to both art and everyday life, the concept allows him to tackle a vast range of phenomena: culture, art, sports and religion. Pfaller criticises dominant assumptions, offers an escape from prevailing ideologies and exposes how cultural capitalism promotes commodities with the promise of happiness.