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245 14 a| The triumph of the slippers :b| on the withdrawal from the world /c| Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Cory Stockwell.;

264 1 a| Cambridge, UK ;a| Hoboken, NJ :b| Polity Press,c| [2024];

300 a| x, 115 pages ;c| 23 cm;

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546 a| Translated from the French.;

500 a| First published in French as Le sacre des pantoufles. Du renoncement au monde ©Editions Grasser & Fasquelle, 2022.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references.;

520 a| "Since 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. 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 Compulsory confinement, the nightmare of the pandemic years, seems to have been replaced by voluntary self-confinement.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. 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?"--Amazon.com.;

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The triumph of the slippers : on the withdrawal from the world / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Cory Stockwell.

Author/creator	Bruckner, Pascal author.
Other author	Stockwell, Cory, translator.
Format	Book
Publication	Cambridge, UK ; Hoboken, NJ : Polity Press, [2024]
Copyright Date	©2024
Description	x, 115 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects	Social isolation. Social evolution. Social distance. Sedentary behavior--History. --21st century. Renunciation (Philosophy)--Social aspects.

Uniform title	Sacre des pantoufles. English
Abstract	"Since 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. 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. 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?"--Amazon.com.
General note	First published in French as Le sacre des pantoufles. Du renoncement au monde ©Editions Grasser & Fasquelle, 2022.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references.
Language	Translated from the French.
LCCN	2023941413
ISBN	1509559523 hardback
ISBN	9781509559527 hardback

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