Evil Angels
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean and bright copy.
A provocative work of cultural and philosophical criticism, Evil Angels presents Pascal Bruckner's incisive argument against what he sees as the West's self-flagellating obsession with guilt, victimhood, and moral masochism. Bruckner argues that a pervasive culture of self-blame and infantilization has taken hold in Western societies, paralyzing individuals and nations from exercising genuine moral agency or embracing the responsibilities of freedom. Written with sharp wit and intellectual urgency, the work challenges the comfortable pieties of progressive thought, dismantling the notion that suffering and self-reproach are inherently virtuous or politically enlightened. Drawing on philosophy, history, and cultural analysis, Bruckner illustrates how the cult of victimhood ultimately undermines the very ideals of equality and human dignity it claims to champion. Confrontational yet rigorously reasoned, this is essential reading for anyone willing to interrogate the contradictions at the heart of modern Western identity.
Author: Pascal Bruckner
Format: Hardback
Published: 1987, Grove Press
Genre: Modern fiction
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Clean and bright copy.
A provocative work of cultural and philosophical criticism, Evil Angels presents Pascal Bruckner's incisive argument against what he sees as the West's self-flagellating obsession with guilt, victimhood, and moral masochism. Bruckner argues that a pervasive culture of self-blame and infantilization has taken hold in Western societies, paralyzing individuals and nations from exercising genuine moral agency or embracing the responsibilities of freedom. Written with sharp wit and intellectual urgency, the work challenges the comfortable pieties of progressive thought, dismantling the notion that suffering and self-reproach are inherently virtuous or politically enlightened. Drawing on philosophy, history, and cultural analysis, Bruckner illustrates how the cult of victimhood ultimately undermines the very ideals of equality and human dignity it claims to champion. Confrontational yet rigorously reasoned, this is essential reading for anyone willing to interrogate the contradictions at the heart of modern Western identity.