Pascal Bruckner Libri

In Occidente, il matrimonio è in crisi: aumentano i divorzi, cresce il numero di chi vive da solo e le famiglie monoparentali sono sempre più comuni. Pascal Bruckner offre una spiegazione provocatoria: l'amore, elevato a ideale assoluto e commercializzato come modello di realizzazione personale, potrebbe minare la stabilità della coppia. Dalla seconda metà del Novecento, il matrimonio ha subito una trasformazione radicale, passando da istituzione borghese che reprimeva le passioni a simbolo di emancipazione affettiva, dove l'amore è posto al di sopra di tutto. Non ci si sposa più per convenienza o imposizione familiare, ma per amore, con la libertà di scegliere il partner. Tuttavia, questa libertà, conquistata a caro prezzo, ha portato più discordia che armonia, poiché l'amore idealizzato rivela rapidamente i limiti individuali. Bruckner propone una rivalutazione del matrimonio d'interesse, suggerendo che un'unione in cui la razionalità prevale sui sentimenti possa offrire stabilità. La chiave potrebbe essere trovare un equilibrio tra gratificazione personale e rispetto reciproco, cercando di superare con la ragione i limiti dell'amore, per renderlo più resistente alle inevitabili difficoltà della vita di coppia.

"A brilliant philosophical reflection on the meaning of life after 50"--Provided by publisher

Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, and imperialism - the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed, since the Holocaust and the end of World War II, Europeans in particular have been consumed by remorse. This title argues that obsessive guilt has obscured important realities.

How happiness became mandatory—and why we should reject the demand to "be happy" Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail utterly. Happiness has become a religion—one whose smiley-faced god looks down in rebuke upon everyone who hasn't yet attained the blessed state of perpetual euphoria. How has a liberating principle of the Enlightenment—the right to pursue happiness—become the unavoidable and burdensome responsibility to be happy? How did we become unhappy about not being happy—and what might we do to escape this predicament? In Perpetual Euphoria, Pascal Bruckner takes up these questions with all his unconventional wit, force, and brilliance, arguing that we might be happier if we simply abandoned our mad pursuit of happiness. Gripped by the twin illusions that we are responsible for being happy or unhappy and that happiness can be produced by effort, many of us are now martyring ourselves—sacrificing our time, fortunes, health, and peace of mind—in the hope of entering an earthly paradise. Much better, Bruckner argues, would be to accept that happiness is an unbidden and fragile gift that arrives only by grace and luck. A stimulating and entertaining meditation on the unhappiness at the heart of the modern cult of happiness, Perpetual Euphoria is a book for everyone who has ever bristled at the command to "be happy."

The term 'Islamophobia' has been around since the nineteenth century, but Pascal Bruckner argues it has recently become a tool to silence criticism of Islam. This term allows its users to 'freeze' Islam, hindering necessary reform. Unlike Christianity and Judaism, which have evolved through external critique, Islam has largely avoided such scrutiny. Bruckner highlights the hypocrisy of Western defenders of Islam who, while promoting Enlightenment values, seek to silence critics of Islam while freely criticizing other religions. This dynamic is detrimental to Western democracies facing immigration and terrorism challenges. The resurgence of religion in these societies should not be confused with the endorsement of fanaticism; the right to religious freedom must coexist with freedom of expression, openness to critique, and a rejection of extremism. There are already numerous forms of racism, and inventing more is unnecessary. While all violence against Muslims must be condemned, labeling these acts as 'Islamophobic' rather than criminal ultimately harms Islam and undermines the position of Muslims.

Filozof Pascal Bruckner (1948) sa preslávil ako autor kriticko-teoretických esejí o súčasnej spoločnosti, je však aj slávnym románopiscom. Esej Bieda prosperity sa koncentruje na súčasné podoby ekonomizmu a úchylky trhovej spoločnosti. Bruckner filozoficky hodnotí súčasné univerzum človeka ako jednotlivca i ako člena ľudskej spoločnosti. Podľa neho je ekonómia jediná sféra, ktorá odoláva v čase všeobecnej krízy náboženstiev a ideológií.