Icarus Fallen : The Search for Meaning in an Uncertain World,9781932236040

Icarus Fallen : The Search for Meaning in an Uncertain World

by Delsol, Chantal
ISBN13: 9781932236040
ISBN10: 193223604X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2003-12-01
Publisher(s): Isi Books
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Summary

With style and lucidity, Delsol likens contemporary Western man to the mythical figure Icarus. 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 are no longer believable, and he has, for the most part, long since rejected the religious tradition that might now have provided an anchor.

Author Biography

Chantal Delsol is a professor of philosophy at the University of Marne-La-Vallee near Paris.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Virgil P. Nemoianu
Translator's Preface xv
Author's Preface to the English Edition xix
Introduction xxiii
PART ONE A CONDITION DEPRIVED OF MEANING
Existence as Sign
3(12)
The Rejection of the Figures of Existence
15(10)
Black Markets
25(8)
The Danger of a Return to Essentialism
33(12)
PART TWO THE REVELATIONS OF THE DEVIL
The Good Without the True
45(20)
The Morality of Complacency
65(8)
A Morality of Emotion and Indignation
73(10)
The Clandestine Ideology of Our Time
83(10)
PART THREE THE URGENT NEED FOR A NEW ANTHROPOLOGY
Is Democracy Unsurpassable?
93(10)
The Rejection of Worldviews
103(10)
The Fear of Decision-Making
113(8)
The Sacralization of Rights
121(18)
Utopian Equality
139(10)
Production and Care-Giving
149(12)
PART FOUR MASTERING THE WORLD IN A DIFFERENT WAY
Fallen from the Heights
161(10)
Fragmented Existence
171(16)
God in Exile
187(16)
The Return of an Uncertain World
203(16)
On Vigilance
219(18)
Conclusion 237(6)
Notes 243(4)
Index 247

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