by Raffaele Simone · Editions Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070128822
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«Le monstre doux» (L'Occident vire-t-il à droite ?) is the political essay by Raffaele Simone, published by Gallimard in paperback (180 pages, in French).
Starting from the Berlusconi case in Italy, Simone analyses the crisis of the European left and attributes it to the rise of a new right linked to mass culture. That right is embodied in the «monstre doux», the sweet monster: a seductive power that promises well-being through consumption, lulls critical consciousness to sleep and blurs the boundary between reality and fiction.
Originally published in Italian as Il mostro mite in 2008; the French edition appeared in the Le Débat collection with a translation by Katia Bienvenu and Gérald Larché.
Aimed at readers of political essays and philosophy interested in the crisis of the European left and the rise of the new right.
