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Perpetual euphoria : on the duty to be happy / Pascal Bruckner ; translated by Steven Rendall.
LIBRA BJ1482 .B7813 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruckner, Pascal.
- Standardized Title:
- Euphorie perpétuelle. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Happiness--History--19th century.
- Happiness.
- Happiness--History--20th century.
- Happiness--Social aspects.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 244 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Life as a dream and a lie
- The golden age and after?
- The disciplines of beatitude
- The bittersweet saga of dullness
- The extremists of routine
- Real life is not absent
- "The fat, prosperous elevation of the average, the mediocre"
- What is happiness for some is kitsch for others
- If money doesn't make you happy, give it back!
- The crime of suffering
- Impossible wisdom
- Conclusion Madame Verdurin's croissant.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780691143736
- 0691143730
- OCLC:
- 440562967
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