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Yet it clings to a central belief in the dignity of the human person, the cornerstone of the doctrine of universal human rights to which even secular Westerners still cling. At the same time, the process of dehumanization so evident in the ideologies and totalitarianism of the twentieth century remains at work. Delsol charges that it is notenough toproclaim human rights as a sort of incantation but that, rather, one must understand what sort of being the human person is if humans are to be genuinely respected. In other words, if the philosophy of human rights is to form the basis of Western culture, it must rest on a truer understanding of the human person than that which is taught both explicitly and implicitly in the contemporary West.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49656552653073,"sku":"GOR009610072","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49766318473489,"sku":"CIN1932236473G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52392618885393,"sku":"CIN1932236473VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1932236473.jpg?v=1750965077"},{"product_id":"icarus-fallen-book-chantal-delsol-9781935191698","title":"Icarus Fallen","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt would be difficult to find a more perceptive description of Western man and the world he now inhabits than that provided by Chantal Delsol in \u003ci\u003eIcarus Fallen: The Search for Meaning in an Uncertain World\u003c\/i\u003e. With style and lucidity, Delsol likens contemporary Western man to the mythical figure Icarus, fallen back to earth after trying to reach the sun, alive but badly shaken and confused. During the twentieth century, Delsol argues, man flew too closely to the sun of utopian ideology. Having been burned, he is now groping for a way to orient himself. But the ideas he once held so dear--inevitable progress, the possibility of limitless social and self-transformation--are no longer believable, and he has, for the most part, long since rejected the religious tradition that might now have provided an anchor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDelsol's portrait is engrossing. She explains how we have come simultaneously to embrace the \"good\" but reject the \"true\"; how we have sacralized rights and democracy; and how we have lost our sense of the tragic and embraced the idea of \"zero risk.\" Already a well-known political thinker in her native France, this is Delsol's first book to appear in English. \u003ci\u003eIcarus Fallen\u003c\/i\u003e should establish her as one of the most insightful social and cultural writers working on either side of the Atlantic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is simply the best book about the problems of modern man since Christopher Lasch's \u003ci\u003eCulture of Narcissism\u003c\/i\u003e. 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With style and lucidity, Delsol likens contemporary Western man to the mythical figure Icarus, fallen back to earth after trying to reach the sun, alive but badly shaken and confused. During the twentieth, century, Delsol argues, man flew too closely to the sun of utopian ideology. Having been burned, he is now groping for a way to orient himself. But the ideas he once held so dear--inevitable progress, the possibility of limitless social and self-transformation--are no longer believable, and he has, for the most part, long since rejected the religious tradition that might have provided an anchor. Delsol's portrait is engrossing. She explains how we have come simultaneously to embrace the good but reject the true; how we have sacralized rights and democracy; and how we have lost our sense of the tragic and embraced the idea of zero risk. Already a well-known political thinker in her native France, this is Delsol's first book to appear in English. 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She examines the seeming paradox of France as a wealthy country that provides almost unrivaled social services to its citizens at no extra cost, but one whose citizens are unsatisfied with the current state of affairs. Delsol traces this current dilemma back several hundred years, and examines the principle of the common good and its inherent tension with concepts like democracy and egalitarianism that often emphasize individualism. Likewise, Delsol emphasizes this concept also stands in contrast to the centralization of power in Paris throughout its history. In the end, Delsol notes that these historical tensions set the stage for many of the current tensions in France: secularism versus religion, economic liberalism versus the welfare state, civil service versus the private sector, and material wealth versus status.   By examining the paradox of France, Delsol brings to the forefront the challenges democracies are facing around the globe and asks the broader question of how governments should best serve their people in our contemporary world.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51630057226513,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51630057390353,"sku":"NGR9780268209735","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53610410311953,"sku":"NLS9780268209735","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53720796561681,"sku":"NIN9780268209735","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0268209731.jpg?v=1754894026"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/en-au\/collections\/author-books-by-chantal-delsol.oembed","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}