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Beyond pleasure : cultures of modern asceticism / edited by Evert Peeters, Leen Van Molle, and Kaat Wils.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asceticism--History.
- Asceticism.
- Civilization, Modern.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Asceticism, so it is argued in this volume, is a modern category. The ubiquitous cult of the body, of fitness and diet equally evokes the ongoing success of ascetic practices and beliefs. Nostalgic memories of hardship and discipline in the army, youth movements or boarding schools remain as present as the fashionable irritation with the presumed modern-day laziness. In the very texture of contemporary culture, age-old asceticism proves to be remarkably alive. Old ascetic forms were remoulded to serve modern desires for personal authenticity, an authenticity that disconnected asceticism in the
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Cult places of authenticity
- pt. 2. Social regulation of pleasure
- pt. 3. Aesthetics and distinction.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781845459871
- 1845459873
- OCLC:
- 733040237
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