Name: The Triumph of the Slippers: On the Withdrawal from the World
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Author: Pascal Bruckner
ISBN: 9781509559527

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The Triumph of the Slippers: On the Withdrawal from the World

Type

Physical Book

Author

Pascal Bruckner

Translated by

Cory Stockwell

Publisher

Polity Press

Language

English

Pages

118

Format

Hardcover

ISBN13

9781509559527

Edition No.

Synopsis "The Triumph of the Slippers: On the Withdrawal from the World"

Since the beginning of the 21st century, global warming, terrorism, the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have created a widespread feeling that the world is an increasingly dangerous place. In response to this situation, it is understandable that many people are inclined to retreat to the safety of their home - the last refuge and safeguard against the savagery of the outside world. But the home is not just a shelter: it is a space that supplants and replaces the world, a wired cocoon that gradually renders any journey to the outside world superfluous. From our couch, we can enjoy remotely the pleasures once offered by the cinema, the theatre and the café. Everything, from food to love to art, can be delivered to your door. Armed with a smartphone and a Netflix account, why would anyone risk life and limb to venture out to the cinema? Compulsory confinement, the nightmare of the pandemic years, seems to have been replaced by voluntary self-confinement. Fleeing from the cities, working remotely, relinquishing travel and tourism, we risk becoming reclusive creatures that cower at the slightest tremor. In this witty and spirited book, Pascal Bruckner takes aim at today's voluntary seclusionism and the self-inflicted atrophy that comes with it, tracing its philosophical contours and historical roots. It is no longer the tyranny of lockdowns that threatens us but rather the tyranny of the sofa: will the slipper and the dressing gown be the new symbols of tomorrow's world?

Pascal Bruckner

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Pascal Bruckner es un escritor y ensayista francés nacido en París en 1948, reconocido por su mirada crítica sobre la cultura occidental y por su capacidad para combinar filosofía, literatura y análisis social con una narrativa directa y provocadora. Formado en la Sorbona y en la École Pratique des Hautes Études, desarrolló su pensamiento en diálogo con corrientes intelectuales europeas, convirtiéndose en una voz influyente dentro del debate público.

Recibió el Premio Médicis de Ensayo por La tentación de la inocencia, obra que consolidó su prestigio internacional. Entre sus títulos verificados destaca Un instante eterno, donde reflexiona sobre la edad adulta y la obsesión contemporánea por la juventud. También es autor de novelas como Lunas de hiel, que inspiró una célebre adaptación cinematográfica. Además de su producción literaria, Bruckner participa activamente en conferencias y debates sobre ética, política y sociedad, manteniéndose como un referente del pensamiento crítico francés.

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