How Should We Live?: Great Ideas from the Past for Everyday Life
Roman Krznaric
(Author)
Description
How Should We Live? explores twelve universal topics--including love, family, and empathy; work, time, and money--and shows what history can teach us about the art of living.
Product Details
Price
$22.95
$21.34
Publisher
BlueBridge
Publish Date
November 01, 2013
Pages
339
Dimensions
5.88 X 1.19 X 8.69 inches | 1.22 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781933346847
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About the Author
Roman Krznaric is a cultural thinker, founding faculty member of the School of Life in London, and creator of the acclaimed animated video The Power of Outrospection. He is author of the blog www.outrospection.org, and his articles have appeared in a number of print and online publications, including the Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and the Wall Street Journal. He has taught sociology and politics at Cambridge University and City University, London, and advises organizations including Oxfam and the United Nations on using empathy and conversation to create social change. He has been named by the Observer as one of Britain's leading lifestyle philosophers.
Reviews
"A fascinating rattlebag of intelligent, stimulating essays on everything from work to love, time to empathy . . . densely researched but readable, wise, and witty. By taking the long view to debunk some myths of modern life . . . Krznaric frees us from passing trends to answer the fundamental question: how should we live now?" --"Financial Times "
"This modern guide to living a good life by nurturing relationships, giving more to others, and resisting the self-imposed tyrannies of work, time, ambition, and achievement, is entertaining and instructive." --"Times"
"An intriguing upmarket self-help guide. . . . The virtue of this book is that it takes a number of ideas that we might regard as givens of the natural order of things . . . and makes clear how historically contingent they are." --"Guardian"
"Human history provides examples of almost every possible lifestyle or philosophical position; Krznaric selects some of the most telling. . . . Our responsibility, he argues, is not just to take inspiration from the past; we also need to recognize where we have inherited damaging or limiting attitudes." --"Independent"
"This modern guide to living a good life by nurturing relationships, giving more to others, and resisting the self-imposed tyrannies of work, time, ambition, and achievement, is entertaining and instructive." --"Times"
"An intriguing upmarket self-help guide. . . . The virtue of this book is that it takes a number of ideas that we might regard as givens of the natural order of things . . . and makes clear how historically contingent they are." --"Guardian"
"Human history provides examples of almost every possible lifestyle or philosophical position; Krznaric selects some of the most telling. . . . Our responsibility, he argues, is not just to take inspiration from the past; we also need to recognize where we have inherited damaging or limiting attitudes." --"Independent"
