TY - ECHAP A1 - Verraest, Sofie TI - Penser l’ailleurs après la « troisième mutation métaphysique » - Satisfaction et ascèse dans la prose de Michel Houellebecq T3 - Twentieth and twenty-first century literature, n° 8 in Rencontres M1 - 68 DO - 10.15122/isbn.978-2-8124-1424-4.p.0163 SN - 978-2-8124-1424-4 SP - 163 EP - 177 AB - This article aims to give an overview of the spaces in Houellebecq’s fictional world which seem to be “elsewhere” since they allow for experiences precluded from ordinary reality. We will distinguish between spaces of satisfaction and spaces of asceticism, both of which seek to provide shelter from the suffering caused by desire. Borrowing a term from philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, we will refer to these compensatory spaces as “endospheres”. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/01/08 DP - Classiques Garnier PB - Classiques Garnier CY - Paris LA - fre UR - https://shop.staging.classiques-garnier.net/l-unite-de-l-oeuvre-de-michel-houellebecq-penser-l-ailleurs-apres-la-troisieme-mutation-metaphysique-en.html Y2 - 2025/12/08 ER -