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Are you serious? : how to be true and get real in the age of silly / Lee Siegel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Siegel, Lee, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Culture--21st century.
- Culture.
- Meaning (Psychology).
- Manners and customs.
- United States--Social life and customs--21st century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 212 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper, [2011]
- Summary:
- "Are you serious? Do you know anyone who is? Cultural critic Lee Siegel combines a slashing critique of modern lightness and frivolity with a guide to being serious in an unserious age"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- chapter 1 The Urge to Be Serious 9
- chapter 2 My Comical Struggle to Be Serious 21
- chapter 3 Notes Toward a Definition of Seriousness 31
- chapter 4 The Three Pillars of Seriousness 47
- chapter 5 A Brief, Eccentric History of Seriousness 57
- chapter 6 Seriousness in Culture 77
- chapter 7 Seriousness in Politics 163.
- ISBN:
- 9780061766039
- 0061766038
- OCLC:
- 641532494
- Online:
- Cover image
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