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

Zeldin, Theodore

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ISBN 10: 0857053701 ISBN 13: 9780857053701

Casa editrice: MacLehose Press, 2015

Riassunto

What is the point of working so hard? What can replace the shortage of soulmates? What else can one do in a hotel? Through these questions, and many others, Zeldin demonstrates that both the greatest problem and the greatest opportunity of the twenty-first century lie in our relationships with others. With endless examples from his unparalleled research and his experiences with the giants of modern business and politics, this book reveals how our society is full of untapped potential for human interactions. Zeldin illuminates how our lives can be enriched by the realisation that it is only by truly relating to others that we get a taste, even just a nibble, of what it is possible to experience as a human being.

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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:

How understanding other people is humanity's last adventure.

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• Editore: MacLehose Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0857053701
• ISBN 13: 9780857053701
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432