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The Ruling Ideas


The Ruling Ideas

How They Ruin Society and Make You Miserable

von: Ari Ofengenden

18,99 €

Verlag: John Hunt Publishing
Format: EPUB
Veröffentl.: 09.12.2022
ISBN/EAN: 9781789049602
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 415

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<p><span>Ideas that are employed to legitimize and make us consent to authority and its hierarchies also disempower us, leaving us anxious, depressed, and discontent. They are constantly hammered into us by the media, by our friends and family, and by institutions. They also come to us by way of films, motivational speakers, business gurus, as well as in the actions we take in our everyday lives and in the experiences of who we are. In The Ruling Ideas: How They Ruin Society and Make You Miserable, Ari Ofengenden examines many of these ideas, such as the entrepreneurial-self, the utility-oriented economic man, technological progress, virtues and values, as well as family values, God, nation and race. Ofengenden provides a deft analysis, on the one hand, of the beliefs we hold, the ideas behind them that make us consent to the social order, and how we often fool ourselves into believing these ideas; on the other hand, the author proffers a way to combat these ideas, to live without them and develop alternatives.</span></p>
<p><span>The ideas of the entrepreneurial-self, technological progress, God, nation, and race legitimize hierarchy and will make you depressed and anxious.</span></p>
<p><span>Ari Ofengenden teaches at Tulane University and has thought, taught, and written about ideology and the relations between ideas and power for upwards of 20 years. He has written numerous articles on Jewish-German writers, psychoanalysis, capitalism, and culture. He lives in New Orleans, LA.</span></p>

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