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

Foley, Michael

 
9781847375247: The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life makes it Hard to be Happy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1847375243 ISBN 13: 9781847375247
Verlag: Simon & Schuster UK, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

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 wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of wellbeing and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life.
Michael Foley examines the elusive condition of happiness common to philosophy, spiritual teachings and 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. In conclusion, rather than denouncing and rejecting the age, Foley presents an entertaining strategy of not just accepting but embracing today's world - finding happiness in its absurdity.

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Michael Foley was born in Derry, Ireland, but since 1972 he has lived in London, working as a Lecturer in Information Technology. He has published four novels, four collections of poetry and a collection of translations from French poetry, which have earned impressive reviews from The Guardian, New Statesman and New York Times. The Age of Absurdity is his first non-fiction book.

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Verlag
Simon & Schuster UK
Erscheinungsdatum
2010
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1847375243
ISBN 13 
9781847375247
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
272
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