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Michel Onfray is a French philosopher and public intellectual who founded and teaches at the free Popular University of Caen. He has written more than sixty books, many of them best sellers, including Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism, and Islam and the award-winning Sculpting the Self. Joseph McClellan earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University and has taught Asian and Western philosophy and religion at several universities.
A Hedonist Manifesto is a finely wrought and far-sweeping book by an author who has established himself as a voice of wit and acuity in contemporary debates surrounding atheism and the revival of a general Epicurean/Lucretian sensibility. Michel Onfray's writing is lucid and digestible, while the sense of immediate social and cultural relevance remains paramount. He stands out as uniquely immersed in the project of a constructive hedonist ethical and political program in this highly readable and simply enjoyable work. -- Rocco Gangle, Endicott College A highly original contribution to the literature, A Hedonist Manifesto is a short yet wide-ranging text that attempts to develop a post-Christian, post-Platonist, postidealist ethical framework. I read it with great interest and enjoyment. -- Levi Bryant, Collin College The strength of this book, along with its moving personal style, can be found in its reassertion of philosophy as an art of living and not just written doctrine. Whether or not you agree with Onfray's brand of Enlightenment hedonism, this book will stimulate parts of your mind that may have lain fallow for awhile. -- Graham Harman, American University in Cairo A deep and intriguing glimpse into the ethical and political theory of French philosopher Michel Onfray. * Marx & Philosophy * A Hedonist Manifesto is a finely wrought and far-sweeping book by an author who has established himself as a voice of wit and acuity in contemporary debates surrounding atheism and the revival of a general Epicurean/Lucretian sensibility. Michel Onfray's writing is lucid and digestible, while the sense of immediate social and cultural relevance remains paramount. He stands out as uniquely immersed in the project of a constructive hedonist ethical and political program in this highly readable and simply enjoyable work. -- Rocco Gangle, Endicott College A highly original contribution to the literature, A Hedonist Manifesto is a short yet wide-ranging text that attempts to develop a post-Christian, post-Platonist, postidealist ethical framework. I read it with great interest and enjoyment. -- Levi Bryant, Collin College The strength of this book, along with its moving personal style, can be found in its reassertion of philosophy as an art of living and not just written doctrine. Whether or not you agree with Onfray's brand of Enlightenment hedonism, this book will stimulate parts of your mind that may have lain fallow for awhile. -- Graham Harman, American University in Cairo A deep and intriguing glimpse into the ethical and political theory of French philosopher Michel Onfray. Marx & Philosophy
