Table of Contents

Foreword.

1. From Modernity to Postmodernity.

Mapping the Transition.

2. Homo Zappiens Goes to School.

The Denial of Generational Difference.

3. The Denial of Sexion.

4. Neo-Liberalism as Desymbolisation.

A New Form of Domination.

Acknowledgements.

Bibliography.

About the Author

Dany-Robert Dufour is Professor of Philosophy and Education at the University of Paris VIII.

Reviews

"This little four-chapter book is valuable because it engages with aspects of that theory that are not readily available to an English-speaking audience. There is a useful range of references to existing French debates in the book, and the book is a good contribution to these debates, and so also as a consequence to some parallel debates in the English-speaking world."
British Journal of Sociology "In this fascinating book, Dany-Robert Dufour shows the dangers we are facing in a society that promotes excessive individualism. This book enables us to understand why it is not a contradiction to feel increasingly dissatisfied in a society which seemingly offers an abundance of freedom and choice. In a cunning way, today's consumerist ideology actually thrives on our dissatisfactions. This book gives us the tools to understand and fight against it."
Renata Salecl, University of Ljubljana