Autor: Pascal Bruckner

The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Distrust of progress and science, calls for individual and colle …

The planet is sick. Human beings are guilty of damaging it. We have to pay. Today, that is the orthodoxy throughout the Western world. Distrust of progress and science, calls for individual and colle …

Today we like to think that marriage is a free choice based on love: that we freely choose whom to marry and that we do so, not so much for survival or social advantage, but for love. The invention o …

Today we like to think that marriage is a free choice based on love: that we freely choose whom to marry and that we do so, not so much for survival or social advantage, but for love. The invention o …

Why the West must overcome its guilty conscience to foster a better global future Fascism, communism, genocide, slavery, racism, imperialism—the West has no shortage of reasons for guilt. And, indeed …

How happiness became mandatory—and why we should reject the demand to 'be happy’ Happiness today is not just a possibility or an option but a requirement and a duty. To fail to be happy is to fail ut …

A provocative reflection on the dilemmas of modern love The sexual revolution is justly celebrated for the freedoms it brought—birth control, the decriminalization of abortion, the liberalization of …

’Islamophobia’ is a term that has existed since the nineteenth century. But in recent decades, argues Pascal Bruckner in his controversial new book, it has become a weapon used to silence criticism o …

Leon shrinks every time he fathers a child with his Amazonian wife until he is the size of a thimble and at the mercy of his own children and the cat. …

Pascal Bruckner's memoir reads like a novel, a Bildungsroman which charts his journey from pious Catholic child to leading philosopher and writer on French culture. The key figure in Bruckner&ap …

Banii transformă orice om în filosof, chiar împotriva propriei sale voinţe. În Înţelepciunea banilor, Pascal Bruckner numără, contabilizează, calculează virtuţile şi păcatele monedei. De la o epocă i …

Orice formă de iubire atât de armonioasă adăpostește fie o dramă, fie o farsă latentă. Și până și la cel mai cinstit om rămâne întotdeauna destulă stofă ca să faci un ticălos. (…) Dacă există o man …

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There is one fundamental thing that has changed in our societies since 1950: life has got longer. Over the last few generations, 20 or 30 years have been added to the duration of our lives. But after …

UN INTELIGENTE, BELLO, APASIONANTE Y CRUDO ENSAYO QUE NOS INVITA A VER DE FORMA DISTINTA ESA EDAD AVANZADA A LA QUE TODOS LLEGAMOS. «Un libro imprescindible para hacer de la última etapa de nuestras …

Un buen hijo es la historia de un amor imposible. El amor a un individuo despreciable. Un fascista autoritario y mujeriego que es a la vez un hombre culto y de firmes convicciones, y que resulta ser …

O filosofie a longevității bazată nu pe resemnare, ci pe curaj. O reinventare spectaculoasă a modului nostru de viață. Ce sa schimbat din 1950 până azi? Speranța de viață a crescut cu 30 de ani, echi …

Cum se construiește un nou tip de rasism Căderea Zidului Berlinului a lăsat stânga europeană într-o confuzie totală. Pe câmpul de bătălie al ideilor, progresul, libertatea și universalul au cedat loc …

Birourile de obiecte pierdute din Franța păstrează un an şi o zi lucrurile care le sunt încredințate. Dar dacă ce ai pierdut e un an din viața ta, îl mai poți recupera vreodată? Jézabel Thevenaz vrea …

Why are we fascinated by mountains? These outcrops of rock were once considered unsightly, something to be avoided at all costs, but, since Rousseau, they have been contrasted with our corrupt cities …

«De la amistad con una montaña evoca de forma sensible y reflexiva el amor por la ascensión hacia las cumbres, perseguidas durante toda una vida, desafiando el paso de los años».Le Monde ¿Por qué son …

De ce muntele exercită o asemenea fascinație? Temuți în trecut, munții au fost considerați încă de la Rousseau drept locul luminii și al liniștii, spre deosebire de orașele în care te poți pierde. At …

Since the beginning of the 21st century, global warming, terrorism, the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine have created a widespread feeling that the world is an increasingly dangerous place. In res …

Un texto lúcido y provocador sobre nuestro papel en un mundo en el que casi todo nos puede ser entregado a domicilio, y que traza con agudeza la arqueología de una nueva mentalidad de repliegue y ren …

Money is an evil that does good, and a good that does evil. It inspires hymns to the prosperity it enables, manifestos about the poor it leaves behind, and diatribes for its corrosion of morality. In …