The end of the world and the last God / Pierre-Henri d'Argenson ; translated by James Christie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Argenson, Pierre-Henri d', author.

Contributor:

Christie, M. James, translator.

Standardized Title:

Fin du monde et le dernier dieu. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Existentialism.

Boredom--Philosophy.

Boredom.

End of the world--Philosophy.

End of the world.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 97 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : First Hill Books, 2021.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

After years of relative indifference, space exploration has caught the public's imagination once again. But this enthusiasm may well hide a disturbing question: what if humankind is in fact bored with life on Earth? Indeed, we have discovered every piece of land, tried all sorts of political regimes, exhausted all the forms of the arts and committed ourselves to all kinds of religious beliefs. Yet if we admit that the thirst for exploration and novelty is at the heart of our human nature, can we survive the end of our world? Will we hold out long in this cloistered and domesticated Earth that has become so devoid of all mystery and adventure? And if we can't conquer space, will we be tempted to destroy our world and start anew, as after the Great Flood? Or will we die of boredom when the Earth will have become the biggest open-air zoo in the universe?<br><br>Knowing the world has nothing more to offer us is not a mere piece of information; it is a shattering reality to which our bodies and minds will react wildly and the biggest existential challenge humankind will have to face in the near future, says Pierre-Henri d'Argenson in <i>The End of the World and the Last God</i>.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Endorsement

Contents

Prologue

Part I The Very End of Our World

Chapter 1 The End of Geography and the Demise of the Human Body

Chapter 2 The Decline of Eros

Chapter 3 The Real End of History

Part II The Great Ennui

Chapter 4 The Greatest Depression

Chapter 5 Consumer Satiety

Chapter 6 The Wish for Deluge

Part III The Great Filter

Chapter 7 Overcoming Division

Chapter 8 Fighting Religious Angst

Chapter 9 Traveling through Space (Alive)

Epilogue

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

First published in French as La fin du monde et le dernier dieu, un nouvel horizon pour l'humanité Editions Liber, Montréal, 2018 .

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 16 Dec 2021).

ISBN:

1-83998-189-X

1-83998-188-1

OCLC:

1285092683