ABSTRACT

In this rich and original work, the author argues that science is the highest expression of bourgeois thought and whilst it may have liberated mankind, it has also devised new forms of repression, discipline and control.

part |2 pages

Part One FUN

chapter 1|20 pages

THE DREAD OF CHAOS

chapter 2|20 pages

THE FEARFUL COSMOGRAPHER

chapter 3|20 pages

THE ROMANCE OF SIGNS

chapter |4 pages

THE COSMIC BODY

part |2 pages

Part Two HAPPINESS

chapter 4|20 pages

HIERARCHY

chapter 5|20 pages

RELEASE

chapter 6|18 pages

NATURE

chapter |4 pages

THE MIRROR OF GOD

part |2 pages

Part Three PLEASURE

chapter 7|20 pages

HARMONY

chapter 8|18 pages

MECHANISM

chapter 9|16 pages

EGOISM

chapter |4 pages

THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD

part |2 pages

Part Four EXCITEMENT

chapter 10|20 pages

TOWARDS A CRITIQUE OF BOURGEOIS PSYCHOLOGY

chapter 11|20 pages

NATURE’S STRANGENESS

chapter 12|18 pages

THE CHARM OF DECADENCE

chapter |4 pages

THE SYMMETRY OF CREATION

chapter |4 pages

CONCLUSION: INTIMATE COSMOLOGY