The aim of the paper is to consider the concept of the happiness. The text refers to
several literary examples of the happiness and characterizes “the spectacles of the
happiness”. It shows (in the context of Blanchot’s words) manifold destructive
practices associated with the happiness with reference to everyday life. The paper
compares the life to the structure of the spectacle and analyses “the spectacles of
the happiness” in the context of Goffman’s theory (scene and wings, shown and
hidden …
Read moreThe aim of the paper is to consider the concept of the happiness. The text refers to
several literary examples of the happiness and characterizes “the spectacles of the
happiness”. It shows (in the context of Blanchot’s words) manifold destructive
practices associated with the happiness with reference to everyday life. The paper
compares the life to the structure of the spectacle and analyses “the spectacles of
the happiness” in the context of Goffman’s theory (scene and wings, shown and
hidden activities). The article expresses criticism of the vision of life based on the
spectacular happiness.