Shows that the radical transformation of the subject brought about by neoliberalism what he calls the art of shrinking heads contains a new kind of violence which has far-reaching consequences for our ways of living together.

In this biting critique of our contemporary condition Dufour shows that the radical transformation of the subject brought about by neoliberalism - what he calls 'the art of shrinking heads' - contains a new kind of violence which has far-reaching consequences for our ways of living together.

Foreword.1. From Modernity to Postmodernity.Mapping the Transition.2. Homo Zappiens Goes to School.The Denial of Generational Difference.3. The Denial of Sexion.4. Neo-Liberalism as Desymbolisation.A New Form of Domination.Acknowledgements.Bibliography.