According to Michel Houellebecq, our world has fallen into nonsense. The all-out competition, consumerism (placing manufactured objects at the heart of our values), and narcissism have degraded the human existence and destroyed our soul. In the morbid configuration of The Map and the Territory, absurdity, and a death wish, Houellebecq accredits more than ever the thesis of Oswald Spengler on the inevitable Decline of the West. Houellebecq’s novels provide a dynamic analysis of the devitalization.
CLIL theme: 4028 -- SCIENCES HUMAINES ET SOCIALES, LETTRES -- Lettres et Sciences du langage -- Lettres -- Etudes de littérature comparée
ISBN:978-2-406-06636-1
EAN:9782406066361
ISSN: 2286-136X
DOI: 10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06636-1.p.0217
Publisher: Classiques Garnier
Online publication: 12-22-2016
Periodicity: Biannual
Language: French
Keyword: Decline of the West, devitalization, simulacrum, sadism, consumerism