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The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy

Door Michael Foley

Categorie
Psychologie
Boeknummer
#419801-VH13
Titel
The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy
Auteur
Foley, Michael
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Simon & Schuster
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
1847396275
ISBN13
9781847396273
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Like Alain de Botton crossed with Charlie Brooker, Foley succeeds in educating and enlightening us in this wry take on the existential dilemmas of modern life. 'Fascinating . . . the quest for happiness and how we are getting it all wrong' Jeremy Vine, Sunday Telegraph The good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfilment. The bad news is that these turn out to be the very things most discouraged by contemporary culture. This knotty dilemma is the subject of The Age of Absurdity – a humourous and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life. Michael Foley examines the elusive conditions of happiness common to philosophy, spiritual teachings a... (Lees verder)nd contemporary psychology, then shows how these are becoming increasingly difficult to apply in a world of high expectations. The common challenges of earning a living, maintaining a relationship and ageing are becoming battlegrounds of existential angst and self-loathing in a culture that demands conspicuous consumption, high-octane partnerships and perpetual youth. Rather than denouncing and rejecting these challenges, Foley presents an entertaining strategy of not just accepting but embracing today's world – finding happiness in its absurdity.
Pagina's
260
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,95

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