Interventions 2020

by Michel Houellebecq

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509549951
• ISBN13: 9781509549955
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"