Elite status is marked by differential access to enjoyment

Evidence

The distinction between their life and that of the lower orders is marked, as ever, by differential access to enjoyment: they still eat their artfully presented cuisine in the shadow of the Old Masters. Theo, asks the question: how all this can matter if there will be no-one to see it? The alibi can no longer be future generations, since there will be none. The response is nihilistic hedonism: “I try not to think about it”. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 563

Categorization

• DEFINE: Class distinction defined via ‘differential access to enjoyment’ — a Lacanian-inflected reframing of cultural capital.
• XREF: connects to: Caste functions as a system of control over enjoyment — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 95; Rulers administer enjoyment to subjects until it is extinguished in fixed entertainments

Broader Connections

• Caste functions as a system of control over enjoyment #expands (0.75) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 95
• Rulers administer enjoyment to subjects until it is extinguished in fixed entertainments #expands (0.72)