La révolution de l'amour | Luc Ferry

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REVOLUTION OF LOVE

Luc Ferry

Release date : 26/04/2012

An optimistic reflection on the heritage of the 20th century, an end to collective sacrifice, and the conception of human life as sacred, allowing humanity to “re-enchant” the world.
Our perception of history seems to be dominated by what crumbles and disappears, rather than what comes to be born. The... An optimistic reflection on the heritage of the 20th century, an end to collective sacrifice, and the conception of human life as sacred, allowing humanity to “re-enchant” the world.
Our perception of history seems to be dominated by what crumbles and disappears, rather than what comes to be born. The premise of this book is that the 20th century was marked by three main characteristics, at least in Europe: first, a “deconstruction” of traditional values. The world has changed more in half a century than in all the five preceding ones. Of course this has caused immense upheaval! In appearance, these changes took the form of several individual struggles, themselves stemming from the idea of revolution. The author traces the great landmarks of this fascinating adventure since the 1830s. Yet the reality is something entirely different, for the true motor of recent history has been, not the Bohemian existence, but capitalism and, to go one step further, liberal “globalisation”. It wasn't the beach that was beneath the cobblestones, as per the famous slogan of May '68, but globalisation. In order for us to enter the era of mass consumption without which the world economy would not advance, we had to deconstruct traditional values. This was the second marked characteristic of the 20th century, and the third remains to be considered: under the influence of the modern family, founded on the relatively recent invention of the love marriage, we are witnessing the emergence of a new concept of what is sacred, incarnated in humanity. At the end of this century, we are compelled to recognize that the traditional reasons for collective sacrifice no longer hold water. Contrary to the current moroseness, this sounds like the best news of the millennium to me! For the sacralisation of the human being will finally bring the “re-enchantment” of the world.

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