Interventions 2020

Houellebecq, Michel

  • 出版商: Polity
  • 出版日期: 2024-09-03
  • 售價: $930
  • 貴賓價: 9.5$884
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 314
  • 裝訂: Quality Paper - also called trade paper
  • ISBN: 150954996X
  • ISBN-13: 9781509549962
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商品描述

The death of God in the West was the prelude to a 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 superficial participation in the world fails, and unhappiness and depression continue to spread.

We can all produce a cold revolution in ourselves, however, by stepping outside the flow of information and advertising. We need to take some time out, unplug the television, turn off our smartphones, stop buying stuff 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.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

上帝在西方的死亡是持續至今的形而上學肥皂劇的序幕。基督教的高明之處在於將對個體的強烈信仰與對絕對存在的永恆參與的承諾結合在一起。當這個夢想消逝後,各種嘗試被提出以提供個體最低限度的存在。這些嘗試中最新的是廣告,它試圖激發慾望,並將個體轉變為一個順從的幽靈,注定要追隨廣告的每一個心血來潮。然而,像所有之前的嘗試一樣,這種對世界的表面參與失敗了,而不幸和抑鬱依然在蔓延。

然而,我們都可以通過走出資訊和廣告的洪流來在自己內心產生一場冷靜的革命。我們需要花些時間,拔掉電視的插頭,關掉智能手機,停止購物,並對世界採取一種美學的態度。我們只需要靜止幾秒鐘。

這是米歇爾·韋爾貝克在這本他過去三十年文本和訪談的合集中的一個關鍵主題。在這裡,他解釋並闡述了他的觀點,討論了他的小說,並涉及從政治、宗教和文學到自殺、安樂死和戀童癖等廣泛主題。這是一本對於任何對當代最廣泛閱讀和具爭議性的小說家之一的作品感興趣的人來說不可或缺的書籍。

作者簡介

Michel Houellebecq is a French writer, poet and essayist. His many bestselling books include Platform, The Possibility of an Island, Submission and Serotonin. He won the prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2010 and, in 2019, he was awarded the Légion d'honneur, France's highest order of merit.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

米歇爾·烏爾貝克(Michel Houellebecq)是法國的作家、詩人和散文家。他的多部暢銷書包括《平台》(Platform)、《島的可能性》(The Possibility of an Island)、《服從》(Submission)和《血清素》(Serotonin)。他於2010年獲得了著名的龐古特獎(Prix Goncourt),並在2019年被授予法國最高榮譽勳章(Légion d'honneur)。