{"product_id":"anti-civilization-ztienne-alexandre-beauregard-9781997701668","title":"Anti-Civilization: The Collapse of Society \u0026 the Case for the Common Good","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if Generation Z could save the West?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAnti-Civilization\u003c\/i\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\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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1997701669\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781997701668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sutherland House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Étienne-Alexandre Beauregard","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001981509887,"sku":"9781997701668","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/anti-civilization-ztienne-alexandre-beauregard-9781997701668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}