{"product_id":"9781997701668","title":"Anti-Civilization","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if Generation Z could save the West?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAnti-Civilization\u003c\/em\u003e, Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard delivers a stark diagnosis: the dismantling of the norms that once shaped Western civilization has plunged society into a profound crisis, eroding the shared reference points that sustained it throughout the second half of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRunaway individualism, he argues, has fostered isolation and identity-based tensions, dissolving the social contract and replacing it with a clash of impulses and competing subjectivities. As heirs to this culture of deconstruction—and deprived of stable cultural and moral anchors—Generation Z is living through the full consequences of this illusory freedom, a pseudo-liberation that leads not to fulfillment but to alienation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYet, Beauregard contends, young people are not merely victims of this crisis; they are its potential remedy. Precisely because they have been denied a coherent inheritance, they are uniquely positioned to recognize its value. While populism protests the excesses of progressivism, it risks deepening Western nihilism rather than overcoming it. Only a conservative renewal—rooted in tradition, culture, and the common good—can bring the era of deconstruction to a close and rebuild the social bonds between citizens and across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Beauregard, Étienne-Alexandre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":49327479750878,"sku":"9781997701668","price":25.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0425\/4567\/6440\/files\/BNCImageAPI_27ff9652-557b-435d-997c-4722c908c7a0.jpg?v=1793329434","url":"https:\/\/paragraphbooks.com\/products\/9781997701668","provider":"Librairie Paragraphe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}