The Age of Absurdity: Why Modern Life Makes it Hard to be Happy
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (588 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00AZ9BNPM |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-06-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Ultimately, 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.. The common challenges of earning a living, maintaining a relationship, and aging are becoming battlegrounds of existential angst and self-loathing in a culture that demands conspicuous consumption, high-octane partnerships, and perpetual youth. This knotty dilemma is the subject of Michael Foley's wry and accessible investigation into how the desirable states of well-being and satisfaction are constantly undermined by modern life. He 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. In a wry take on how contemporary culture is antithetical to happiness, Michael Foley paints a philosophical but hugely entertaining portrait of the cultural landscape—and comes up smilingThe good news is that the great thinkers from history have proposed the same strategies for happiness and fulfil
"A Monotone Set of Blog Posts on Disappointment" according to J. Miller. Foley spends too much time trying to convince the reader that they must be deeply dissatisfied and unhappy which is unnecessary because they saw the cover and kept reading, right? There are a few pithy lines in the bile, but not enough to be worth the slog, and blind spots in philosophical hash (and it really is; the chapters are complaints that all end in some barely-sourced regurgitated variation of "Let It Go") that undermine the cre. Hampus Jakobsson said A strive though philosophers might help you make yourself happier. This book is not if you want to find a quick-fix to becoming happier. Or maybe it is. Maybe this is the cold shower you then need. Foley assembles intelligence about happiness from Buddha to modern psychology, mixing science and humanism and serving you with a strenuous journey. But maybe that is what you need.Happiness is not a state but a process, a continuous striving, as Foley writes: "An emotion ceases to be a passion as soon as we. "Sprinting to insanity" according to Hande Z. Everyone who owns a Smartphone, enjoys shopping, loves travel, or gets high on work might find this book horrifying or enlightening, depending on how much we would prefer status quo or change. Technology was meant to give us more leisure time, after all, life was meant to be enjoyed, leisurely; but technology nowadays finds hype as its sister and they ruin our lives ever so insiduously. Life in the 21st century has allowed technology an