by Emil Cioran · Gallimard · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782070324071
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«Histoire et utopie» is a philosophical essay by Emil Cioran, published by Gallimard in paperback (142 pages, in French).
For Cioran, a community subsists only through fictions; absolute lucidity before a meaningless history would disintegrate it. Cioran examines the myth of the golden age and its displacement to the future: utopia can mobilise societies, but when power or delirium overflows, freedom ends in servitude.
This 1987 edition belongs to the Folio Essais collection (no. 53). The work originally appeared in 1960.
For readers of philosophy, particularly those seeking a critique of utopianism and the human condition.
Emil Cioran was a Romanian philosopher, aphorist and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. His work has been noted for its pervasive philosophical pessimism, style, and aphorisms. His works frequently engaged with issues of suffering, decay, and nihilism. In 1937, Cioran moved to the Latin Quarter of Paris, which became his permanent residence, wherein he lived in seclusion with his partner, Simone Boué, until his death in 1995.
