Futilitarianism : : neoliberalism and the production of uselessness / / Neil Vallelly.
"If maximizing utility leads to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people, as utilitarianism has always proposed, then why is it that as many of us currently maximize our utility--by working endlessly, undertaking further education and training, relentlessly marketing and selling...
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Superior document: | Goldsmiths Press / PERC Papers |
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Place / Publishing House: | London, England ; : Goldsmiths Press :, Cambridge, Massachusetts : : The MIT Press,, [2021] ©2021 |
Year of Publication: | 2021 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Goldsmiths Press / PERC Papers
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (148 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- The futilitarian condition
- The rise of Homo futilitus
- Useless responsibility
- Semio-futility and symbolic indigestion
- The politics of futility
- Futilitarianism in the age of Covid-19.