Interventions 2020 by Michel Houellebecq (PDF)

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The death of God in the West was the prelude to a formidable metaphysical soap opera that continues to this day. Christianity’s masterstroke was to combine a fierce belief in the individual with the promise of eternal participation in the Absolute. When that dream evaporated, various attempts were made to offer the individual a minimum of being. The latest of these attempts is advertising, which seeks to arouse desire and transform the subject into a docile phantom doomed to follow advertising’s every whim. But, like all previous attempts, this skin-deep, superficial participation in the world fails, and unhappiness and depression continue to spread.However, we can all produce a cold revolution in ourselves by stepping outside the flow of information and advertising. We need to take some time out, unplug the television, turn off our iPhones, stop buying stuff, stop wanting to buy stuff, temporarily detach ourselves and adopt an aesthetic attitude to the world. We just need to stay still for a few seconds.This is one of the key themes developed by Michel Houellebecq in this collection of his texts and interviews from the last three decades. Here he explains and elaborates his point of view, discusses his novels and addresses a wide range of topics from politics, religion and literature to suicide, euthanasia and paedophilia. An indispensable book for anyone interested in the work of one of the most widely read and controversial novelists of our time.

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⭐Interventions 2020 is a series of interviews, essays and autobiographical writings by the French novelist Michel Houellebec.Houellebec is an interesting man. An agnostic conservative who is celebrated in a country where liberalism is still predominant is certainly an anomaly. Even more interesting is that he’s conversant with and has his own opinions on the Western philosophical tradition. There simply are not many contemporary authors like him.I grant that he seems rather high on himself and his aesthetics as a way of life philosophy is not particularly original. Yet he still has interesting things to say.The novels, moreover, are what has won him acclaim (I’ve read only one) and this series of short works of non-fiction is probably not the best book to judge his merit as an artist. But it could be worth reading if you want an introduction to his thought and personality, even if you haven’t read his works of fiction.Certainly not a must read but a book I did enjoy.

⭐A collection of short essays on Houellebecq’s philosophies with many references to French literature. Hard going and one only for devout Houellebecq fans

⭐For the big fans only!

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