First published in French as Le fanaticisme de l'apocalypse, Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, 2011.
Introduction : the return of original sin
pt. I. The seductive attraction of disaster. Give me back my enemy
Have the courage to be afraid
Blackmailing future generations
pt. II. Progressives against progress. The last avatar of Prometheus?
Nature, a cruel stepmother or a victim?
Science in the age of suspicion
pt. III. The great ascetic regression. Humanity on a strict diet
The poverty of maceration
The noble savage in the Lucerne
Epilogue : the remedy is found in the disease.
The fanaticism of the apocalypse : save the Earth, punish human beings by Pascal Bruckner. ISBN 9780745669762. Published by Polity in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.