Western Decline and the Overcoming of the Metaphysical Stage in Houellebecqâs Fiction

Guillermo GraÃ­Ã±o Ferrer

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äºMichel Houellebecq, the Cassandra of Freedom

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Guillermo GraÃÃ±o Ferrer

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Houellebecqâs novels address the consequences of fundamental societal changes: the end of traditional family values, the development of biotechnology, and the growing presence of Islam in Western countries. The narrative is, then, normally placed at the intersection of these civilizational changes on the one hand, and the life of a main character who suffers their consequences on the other. By exploring the relationships between individuals and historic changes in Houellebecqâs fiction (and with the help of his nonfictional texts), the chapter attempts to clarify how the authorâs position has changed concerning the possibilities of overcoming Comteâs Metaphysical Stage, and whether he condemns, accepts or is morally indifferent toward the emerging social order.

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