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Raoul VaneigemThe Book of PleasuresTranslated by John Fullerton 1983
Preface - Starting from scratch Chapter 1 - Intense pleasure implies the end of all forms of work and of all restraint Chapter 2 - Intense preasure means the end of exchange in all its forms Chapter 3 - Intense pleasure causes both intellect and the state to cease functioning Chapter 4 - Intense pleasure means an end to guilt and to every kind of repressive society Chapter 5 - Universal self-management means the free rebirth of the child repressed in each of us Chapter 6 - Universal self-management will see the end of inverted pleasure Chapter 7 - If you want a classless society free yourself ~~~ Sundry information about the author prefacing the printed edition (Pending Press, 234 Camden High Street, London NW1.): Raoul Vaneigem, born
in 1934 at Lessines in the Hainaut, was a member of the Situationist
His publications include. Traité de savoir-vivre à l'usage des jeunes générations (Gallimard 1967). Translated 1972 by John Fullerton and Paul Sieveking as The Revolution of Everyday Life (Practical Paradise Publications 1975, and Rising Free Collective 1979). De la grève sauvage a l'autogestion généralisée (under the pseudonym Ratgeb, Union générale d'éditions 1974). Translated by Paul Sharkey as Contributions to the revolutionary struggle intended to be discussed, corrected and principally put into practice without delay (Bratach Dubh Editions, BCM Box 7177, London 1981). Histoire desinvolte du surréalisme (under the pseudonym Jules-Francois Dupuis, Editions Paul Vermont, 1977). Le Livre des plaisirs
(Encre 1979). Translated by John Fullerton as The Book of Pleasures
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