{"product_id":"the-triumph-of-the-slippers-on-the-withdrawal-from-the-world-hardcover","title":"The Triumph of the Slippers: On the Withdrawal from the World - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePascal Bruckner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCory Stockwell\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the beginning of the 21st century, global warming, terrorism, the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have created a widespread feeling that the world is an increasingly dangerous place. In response to this situation, it is understandable that many people are inclined to retreat to the safety of their home - the last refuge and safeguard against the savagery of the outside world. But the home is not just a shelter: it is a space that supplants and replaces the world, a wired cocoon that gradually renders any journey to the outside world superfluous.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From our couch, we can enjoy remotely the pleasures once offered by the cinema, the theatre and the café. Everything, from food to love to art, can be delivered to your door. Armed with a smartphone and a Netflix account, why would anyone risk life and limb to venture out to the cinema? Compulsory confinement, the nightmare of the pandemic years, seems to have been replaced by voluntary self-confinement. Fleeing from the cities, working remotely, relinquishing travel and tourism, we risk becoming reclusive creatures that cower at the slightest tremor.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In this witty and spirited book, Pascal Bruckner takes aim at today's voluntary seclusionism and the self-inflicted atrophy that comes with it, tracing its philosophical contours and historical roots. It is no longer the tyranny of lockdowns that threatens us but rather the tyranny of the sofa: will the slipper and the dressing gown be the new symbols of tomorrow's world?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePascal Bruckner\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of many books including \u003ci\u003eThe Tyranny of Guilt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePerpetual Euphoria\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fanaticism of the Apocalypse\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 118\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.61 x 8.77 x 5.73 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460294197426,"sku":"9781509559527","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/7b002c10d5fe0c63ce87a2421f72c9da.webp?v=1778916529","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-triumph-of-the-slippers-on-the-withdrawal-from-the-world-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}