Michel Onfray’s Decentered, Ecocentric, Atheistic Philosophy: A User’s Guide for the Anthropocene Epoch?
ORCID
Moser: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-1021
MSU Affiliation
College of Arts and Sciences; Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures
Creation Date
2026-06-01
Abstract
The purpose of this exploration is to probe the more sustainable type of thinking promoted by the oft-neglected French philosopher Michel Onfray in his latest work Cosmos. Attempting to resuscitate the long tradition of philosophical hedonism and materialism in Western civilization, Onfray proposes a different, sensual way of being in the world that he persuasively contends is paramount to the continued existence of the human race. As the philosopher himself candidly admits, Cosmos is a practical guide that could be used as a starting point for changing the way we think and live in the Anthropocene epoch.
Publication Date
5-1-2019
Publication Title
Worldviews: Religions, Culture, Ecology
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
First Page
113
Last Page
131
Recommended Citation
Moser, Keith. "Michel Onfray’s Decentered, Ecocentric, Atheistic Philosophy: A User’s Guide for the Anthropocene Epoch?". Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology 23.2 (2019): 113-131. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685357-02301006 Web.
