Synopsis "Dangerous Illusions: How Religion Deprives us of Happiness"
A topical work echoing contemporary debates on religionTargeted at amateur philosophers as well as first-time essay readersIllustrated with a rich selection of imagesComparable authors include Michel Onfray, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Pascal BoyerInternational editions published in France, Spain, Italy, Israel, Germany and the UK; chosen as a WHSmith's book of the week in the UKBased on 10 years of dedicated research, Dangerous Illusions is a battle cry for the human race to throw off religion in favor of logic and reasonIn this committed and passionate book, author Vitaly Malkin - a philanthropist, business man and investor - argues for a radical shift in humanity's thinking about religion; that reason and religion cannot co-exist, and that mankind will only be truly happy if we are able to shake off the illusions of religion in order to live a life more rooted in the present.Dangerous Illusions sets out to explore the irrational demands that religion makes of man and asks the reader to question what benefit these acts offer human beings in this life. Malkin scrutinizes topics such as suffering and evil, pleasure and asceticism, sex and celibacy, and circumcision and excision, through the lens of the three major world monotheistic religions - Christianity, Islam and Judaism.In doing so, the book fearlessly refutes our most careless beliefs, encouraging us to be more aware of the dangers religions pose to our society and, even to change our intellectual practices altogether.
