The Hidden Pleasures of Life: A New Way of Remembering the Past and Imagining the Future - Rilegato

Zeldin, Theodore

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ISBN 10: 085705368X ISBN 13: 9780857053688

Casa editrice: MacLehose Press, 2015

Riassunto

The story of a search for a new art of living. How can one escape from work colleagues who are bores and from organisations that thrive on stress? What new priorities can people give to their private lives? When the romantic ideal is disappointing, how else can affections be cultivated? If only a few can become rich, what substitute is there for dropping out? If religions and nations disagree, what other outcomes are possible beyond strife or doubt? Where there is too little freedom, what is the alternative to rebellion? When so much is unpredictable, what can replace ambition?

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Recensione:

Scintillating . . . prophetic . . . engaging. (Financial Times.)

A masterpiece. (The Times.)

A challenge and a success . . . He is particularly good and funny on work and the apparently catastrophic affair we are having with management science. (Literary Review.)

Without question the wisest book of the year . . . at once learned and delightful . . . a cure for the prevailing gloom, always on the side of joy, openness, enquiry and freedom . . . The guide we need to the art of living. (Le Grand Journal, Canal+, Paris.)

One of the best books of the year. An erudite and mouth-watering manifesto for a new art of living. (Le Point Magazine, Paris.)

Captivates by its brilliance and profundity. (El Mundo, Madrid.)

Delightful and endlessly fascinating. (Jewish Chronicle.)

Theodore Zeldin, philosopher and author of many books, including "An Intimate History of Humanity" has many new ideas that can truly set you thinking . . . New mantras for this age. (The Hindu, India.)

A truly wonderful book. Even the contents gave me shivers of excitement. If your wish is to be alive then read this book. (Richard Watson, scenario planner and future trends author.)

A priceless gem, a book that remains in the heart and mind like few others...incredibly inspiring . . . I would almost compare it to Montaigne and his Essays... often ironical, never banal . . . accessible to anyone, should absolutely be read, reread and studied in depth. (V. Petricciulo, Scientific adviser, European Research Council.)

Descrizione del libro:

An indispensable guide to living a full life from the bestselling author of An Intimate History of Humanity

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• Editore: MacLehose Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 085705368X
• ISBN 13: 9780857053688
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 432