October 24 at the Philosophical club of the Winery will host an open lecture by Professor Robert Pfaller on criticism of modern culture and the concept of fun.

 “I know it's silly, but I just need to know the results of yesterday's match». In this phrase one can often hear from their friends, expressed the fundamental contradiction of modern society. Your friend realizes the importance of sport is exaggerated, but nevertheless continues to follow the Championships. Illusions can have a master, and can be anonymous and belong to society as a whole. Sports, design, eroticism, social interaction, games, — though considered “good” entertainments reveal this paradoxical state is illusory. However, showing scepticism towards culture and intellectuals fall into the trap: the juxtaposition of an intellectual elite claiming to be the arbiter of taste, and ignorant and uneducated masses only leads to increased supervision and increased inequality.

The philosophical club of the Winery with the support of the Austrian cultural forum in Moscow presents a lecture by the famous philosopher and critic Robert Pfaller. Using psychoanalytic tools, including such concepts as pleasure, belief and illusion, Robert Pfaller will review the structure of modern culture and society.&In the framework of the lecture series ‘the Frustration of aesthetics”, he will talk about his latest book “the pleasure Principle in culture”.

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