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In this book-length essay, ""After Reality"", A. J. Illingworth offers a profound and sweeping examination of the collapse of political, ethical, and philosophical frameworks that once promised to give life coherence and purpose. Drawing deeply on historical sociology, political theory, and philosophy - especially the insights of Panagiotis Kondylis - this book reveals how modernity's grand narratives have fractured and hollowed out, leaving a post-ideological landscape dominated by power struggles, identity fragmentation, and managerial governance. More than a political critique, this work confronts the deeper crisis of meaning afflicting contemporary life: the loss of shared metaphysical foundations, the disintegration of communal identities, and the rise of egocentric rationalism (egonoia) that fails under its own weight. As ideologies become branding tools and politics shifts to strategic manoeuvring, the ethical vision that once animated societies fades into nostalgia or cynicism. Yet ""After Reality"" is not simply a diagnosis of decline. It offers a hopeful path forward through a twofold orientation: a Stoic detachment from illusion and ideological passion, paired with a sober return to the symbolic and ontological depth of traditional wisdom. This is a call to live with clarity and measure, beyond the distractions of modern political theatre and moral confusion. This book is essential reading for those seeking to understand the profound transformations of our age and to find authentic footing in a world unmoored from its former certainties.

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