by André Glucksmann · Grasset · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246268116
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«Cynisme et passion» is the philosophical essay by André Glucksmann, published by Grasset in paperback (383 pages, in French).
Glucksmann addresses the irreducible uncertainty of twentieth-century European man in political philosophy, mathematics, or psychoanalysis. Against efficient cynicism, Glucksmann champions passion and love among mortals, and denounces the temptation to impose an absolute good. The work advocates a relativist and pragmatic social morality.
The essay was originally published in Paris in 1981 by Grasset; it belongs to modern philosophy, addresses themes such as cynicism and emotions, and includes bibliographic references.
A book for readers interested in twentieth-century philosophy and in the tensions between ethics, politics, and emotions.
André Glucksmann was a French philosopher, activist, and writer. He was a leading figure of the new philosophers. Glucksmann began his career as a Marxist, who went on to reject Marxism–Leninism and real socialism in the popular book La Cuisinière et le Mangeur d'Hommes (1975), and later became an anti-Communist and outspoken critic of the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russian foreign policy. He was a strong supporter of human rights. In later years, he opposed the claim that Islamic terrorism is the product of the clash of civilizations between Islam and the Western world.
