The Experience Society
life beyond subjectivity
$22.53
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2025
Summary
Are You Experienced? Navigating the Age of Subjectivity
In today’s ‘experience society’, everything is judged by personal experience, from online shopping to funerals.
Value is measured by how satisfying an individual finds their experience, and the experience economy thrives on this desire for entertainment and fulfilment. Yet debates often reach an impasse when reduced to subjective feelings - whether offence is taken or criticisms are dismissed. Svend Bri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781836390954 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1836390955 |
| Author: | Svend Brinkmann |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books |
| Imprint: | Reaktion Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 120mm |
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Critics Review
In this short, insightful book, Svend Brinkmann brings his characteristic perspicacity to bear on our society’s tendency to reduce life to experiences. Not content with simply diagnosing the problem, he also offers a way to consider our engagement with the world from a more productive and fully ethical perspective. * Todd May, Nielsen Professor of the Humanities, Warren Wilson College, and author of Care: Reflections on Who We Are *
About The Author
Svend Brinkmann
Svend Brinkmann is professor of psychology at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is the author of many bestselling books on philosophy and psychology including Think: In Defence of a Thoughtful Life.
Tam McTurk is director of Citadel Translations and translator of over fifty nonfiction books from Danish to English.
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